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Strong's G3326 · Greek

μετά

meta · met-ah'

a primary preposition (often used adverbially); 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 575 or 1537 an


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

μετά (G3326)

469 μετά (before vowel μετ’ ; on the neglect of elision in certain cases, V. WH, App. , 146 b ), prep. c. gen., acc. (in poet, also c. dat.), [in LXX for אֵת , עִם , אַחַד , etc.;]. C. gen., among , amid : Mk 1:13 , Lk 22:37 (LXX, ἐν ) 24:5 , Jo 18:5 , al.; διωγμῶν , Mk 10:30 . Of association and companionship, with (in which sense it gradually superseded σύν , than which it is much more freq. in NT; cf. Bl., § 42, 3): c. gen. pers., Mt 8:11 20:20 , Mk 1:29 3:7 , Lk 5:30 , Jo 3:22 , Ga 2:1 , al. mult.; εἶναι μετά , Mt 5:25 , Mk 3:14 , al.; metaph., of divine help and guidance, Jo 3:2 , Ac 7:9 , Phl 4:9 , al.; opp. to εἶναι κατά , Mt 12:30 , Lk 11:23 ; in Hellenistic usage (but v. M, Pr. , 106, 246 f.), πολεμεῖν μετά = cl. π. , c. dat., to wage war against (so LXX for נִלְחַם עִם probably misspelled לְהִלָּחֵם , I Ki 17:33 ), Re 2:16 , al.; c. gen. rei, χαρᾶς , Mt 13:20 , Mk 4:16 , al.; ὀργῆς , Mk 3:5 , al. C. acc., of place, behind , after : He 9:3 . Of time, after : Mt 17:1 , Mk 14:1 , Lk 1:24 , Ac 1:5 , Ga 1:18 , al.; μετὰ τοῦτο , Jo 2:12 , al.; ταῦτα , Mk 16:[12] , Lk 5:27 , Jo 3:22 , al; c. inf. artic. (Bl., § 71, 5; 72, 3), Mt 26:32 , Mk 1:14 , al. In composition, of association or community: μεταδίδωμι , μετέχω , etc. Exchange or transference: μεταλλάσσω, μετοικίζω , etc. after : μεταμέλομαι .

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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