Word study · Greek

methístēmi

transfer

Say it: meth-IS-tay-mee (approximate)

μεθίστημι

What it means

To move from one place to another, to transfer or remove. In 1:13, God "translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love," a word used for moving a population to a new land.

Range of meaning

  • TransferMove to a new place.
  • RemoveTake away.

In Colossians

  • Chapter 1

    "And translated us into the kingdom" (1:13).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3179 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources