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Word study · Greek

metatíthēmi

to change, to desert

Say it: met-at-ITH-ay-mee (approximate)

μετατίθημι

What it means

To move from one place or position to another, to transfer, and so to switch loyalty. In 1:6, "you are so quickly deserting him who called you," literally "changing sides."

Range of meaning

  • TransferMove to another place.
  • DesertChange allegiance.

In Galatians

  • Chapter 1

    "You are so quickly deserting him who called you" (1:6).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3346 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources