Strong’s G3326 · Greek

μετά
metá

Definition

properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between G575 (ἀπό) or G1537 (ἐκ) and G1519 (εἰς) or G4314 (πρός); less intimate than G1722 (ἐν) and less close than G4862 (σύν))

Etymology

a primary preposition (often used adverbially);

Where the KJV renders it

  • after(-ward)
  • X that he again
  • against
  • among
  • X and
  • + follow
  • hence
  • hereafter
  • in
  • of
  • (up-)on
  • + our
  • X and setting
  • since
  • (un-)to
  • + together
  • when
  • with (+ -out)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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