3350. metoikesia
Strong's Lexicon
metoikesia: Exile, Deportation

Original Word: μετοικεσία
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: metoikesia
Pronunciation: meh-toy-kay-SEE-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (met-oy-kes-ee'-ah)
Definition: Exile, Deportation
Meaning: change of abode, migration, deportation.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb μετοικίζω (metoikizō), meaning "to change one's dwelling place" or "to relocate."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of exile is גָּלוּת (galut), Strong's Hebrew #1546, which also refers to captivity or exile.

Usage: The term "metoikesia" refers to the act of being relocated or exiled, particularly in the context of a forced migration or deportation. In the New Testament, it is used to describe the period of the Babylonian exile, a significant event in Jewish history when the people of Judah were taken captive to Babylon.

Cultural and Historical Background: The Babylonian exile was a pivotal event in Jewish history, occurring in the 6th century BC when the Babylonians, under King Nebuchadnezzar, conquered Jerusalem and deported many of its inhabitants to Babylon. This period of exile lasted approximately 70 years and had profound effects on Jewish culture, religion, and identity. It was during this time that much of the Hebrew Bible was compiled and edited, and the experience of exile deeply influenced Jewish theology and eschatology.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from metoikeó (to change one's abode)
Definition
change of abode
NASB Translation
deportation (4).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3350: μετοικεσία

μετοικεσία, μετοικεσίας, (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.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
change of residence, deportation

From 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

Forms and Transliterations
αποκίζειν μετοικεσία μετοικεσιαν μετοικεσίαν μετοικεσιας μετοικεσίας μετοικίαν μετοικίας μετώκισας metoikesian metoikesían metoikesias metoikesías
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 1:11 N-GFS
GRK: ἐπὶ τῆς μετοικεσίας Βαβυλῶνος
NAS: at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
KJV: about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
INT: at [the time] of the deportation to Babylon

Matthew 1:12 N-AFS
GRK: δὲ τὴν μετοικεσίαν Βαβυλῶνος Ἰεχονίας
NAS: After the deportation to Babylon:
KJV: after they were brought to Babylon,
INT: moreover the deportation to Babylon Jechoniah

Matthew 1:17 N-GFS
GRK: ἕως τῆς μετοικεσίας Βαβυλῶνος γενεαὶ
NAS: from David to the deportation to Babylon,
KJV: until the carrying away into Babylon
INT: until the deportation to Babylon generations

Matthew 1:17 N-GFS
GRK: ἀπὸ τῆς μετοικεσίας Βαβυλῶνος ἕως
NAS: generations; and from the deportation to Babylon
KJV: from the carrying away into Babylon
INT: from the deportation to Babylon to

Strong's Greek 3350
4 Occurrences


μετοικεσίαν — 1 Occ.
μετοικεσίας — 3 Occ.

















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