King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3350
Transliteration: metoikesia
Phonetic Spelling: (met-oy-kes-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: change of abode
Meaning: change of abode
μετοικεσία, μετοικεσίας, ἡ (for the better form μετοίκησις, from μετοικέω) (cf. Winers Grammar, 24 (23))), a removal from one abode to another, especially a forced removal: with the addition Βαβυλῶνος (on this genitive cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 2 α.) said of the Babylonian exile, Matthew 1:11f, 17. (The Sept. for גֹּלָה i. e. migration, especially into captivity; of the Babylonian exile, 2 Kings 24:16; 1 Chronicles 5:22; Ezekiel 12:11; for גָּלוּת, Obadiah 1:20; Nahum 3:10. Elsewhere only in Anthol. 7, 731, 6.)
Word Summary
metoikesia: change of abode
Original Word: μετοικεσίαTransliteration: metoikesia
Phonetic Spelling: (met-oy-kes-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: change of abode
Meaning: change of abode
Strong's Concordance
change of residence, deportationFrom a derivative of a compound of meta and oikos; a change of abode, i.e. (specially), expatriation -- X brought, carried(-ying) away (in-)to.
see GREEK meta
see GREEK oikos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3350: μετοικεσίαμετοικεσία, μετοικεσίας, ἡ (for the better form μετοίκησις, from μετοικέω) (cf. Winers Grammar, 24 (23))), a removal from one abode to another, especially a forced removal: with the addition Βαβυλῶνος (on this genitive cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 2 α.) said of the Babylonian exile, Matthew 1:11f, 17. (The Sept. for גֹּלָה i. e. migration, especially into captivity; of the Babylonian exile, 2 Kings 24:16; 1 Chronicles 5:22; Ezekiel 12:11; for גָּלוּת, Obadiah 1:20; Nahum 3:10. Elsewhere only in Anthol. 7, 731, 6.)