Strong’s G3350 · Greek

μετοικεσία
metoikesía

Definition

a change of abode, i.e. (specially), expatriation

Etymology

from a derivative of a compound of G3326 (μετά) and G3624 (οἶκος);

Where the KJV renders it

  • X brought
  • carried(-ying) away (in-)to

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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