2001 Translation

MET, met

Sounds Like: MEH-tah

Translations: with, after, among, behind, by, in company with, in pursuit of, according to

From the root: ΜΕΤΑ

Part of Speech: Preposition, Adverb

Explanation: This word is a preposition that can also function as an adverb. Its meaning varies depending on the case of the noun it governs. When used with the genitive case, it typically means 'with' or 'in company with'. When used with the accusative case, it usually means 'after' or 'behind' (indicating sequence or pursuit). It can also denote a change of state or position.

Inflection: Does not inflect (as a preposition, it governs cases)

Strong’s number: G3326 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 102:11, 106:14

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:87, 12:10

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 2:3, 2:4, 15:1, 15:4, 20:8, 26:2, 56:1, 58:2

Codex Sinaiticus

• Genesis — 24:32, 24:39
• Numbers — 16:25, 25:13
• Judges — 4:8, 4:10, 4:13, 5:12, 6:17, 7:1, 7:18, 7:19, 8:4, 8:9, 8:10, 9:33, 9:34, 9:35, 9:44, 9:48, 10:3
• 1 Chronicles — 11:9, 11:10, 11:12, 12:28, 12:33, 12:35, 13:2, 15:18, 16:41, 16:42, 19:2, 19:14
• 2 Esdras — 10:14, 10:15, 12:9, 12:12, 13:18, 13:20, 13:21, 13:22, 13:23, 13:24, 13:25, 13:27, 13:29, 13:30, 13:31, 19:17, 22:40, 23:25
• Esther — 6:13, 6:14, 7:8, 8:12h, 8:12x
• Judith — 1:16, 2:2, 2:4, 5:17, 6:8, 7:11, 7:17, 10:9, 10:10, 12:16, 13:9, 13:16, 15:8, 15:12, 15:13, 16:20
• Tobit — 1:3, 1:21, 2:2, 3:6, 3:8, 3:9, 5:4, 5:7, 5:10, 5:14, 5:17, 6:1, 6:8, 6:15, 6:18, 8:17, 10:6, 10:9, 11:6, 12:3, 14:9
• 1 Maccabees — 3:2, 3:13, 3:15, 3:39, 4:8, 4:59, 5:23, 5:58, 6:56, 7:15, 7:19, 7:20, 7:23, 7:25, 7:28, 8:7, 9:1, 9:5, 9:16, 9:24, 9:33, 9:48, 9:60, 9:62, 9:67, 10:4, 10:63, 10:66, 10:71, 11:54, 11:73, 12:4, 12:35, 12:45, 12:50, 12:52, 13:11, 13:12, 14:8
• Psalms — 9:7, 17:24, 22:4, 37:11, 49:11, 77:37, 82:9, 85:17, 88:25, 90:15, 100:6, 108:21, 125:2
• Proverbs — 1:15, 10:7, 13:11, 23:8, 24:1
• Ecclesiastes — 2:18, 3:22
• Job — 1:4, 1:6, 17:16, 20:11, 21:21, 28:14, 29:20, 37:18
• Wisdom — 7:11, 8:13, 11:9, 15:8
• Sirach — 0:16, 1:1, 4:17, 8:16, 9:9, 13:11, 14:19, 16:2, 17:12, 17:22, 20:26, 27:17, 29:3, 30:4, 31:20, 32:18, 44:9, 44:20, 47:23, 48:8, 51:20
• Isaiah — 12:3, 14:7, 32:10, 34:7, 35:10, 40:10, 43:10, 51:11, 57:9, 60:9, 63:3, 65:23
• Jeremiah — 3:15, 5:31, 8:18, 16:8, 20:11, 28:40, 39:18, 39:39, 47:4, 47:5, 48:1, 48:2, 48:3, 48:11, 48:13, 48:16, 52:32
• Joel — 2:2
• Jonah — 1:3
• Zephaniah — 2:15
• Zechariah — 10:5, 14:5
• Malachi — 2:5, 2:6
• Matthew — 5:41, 9:15, 12:3, 12:4, 12:30, 17:3, 21:2, 25:10, 25:19, 25:31, 26:23, 26:36, 26:38, 26:40, 26:47, 27:54
• Mark — 1:36, 2:19, 2:25, 3:5, 3:14, 4:36, 5:18, 5:24, 5:37, 5:40, 6:50, 14:18, 14:20, 14:33, 14:43
• Luke — 1:58, 1:66, 2:51, 5:29, 5:34, 6:3, 6:4, 6:17, 7:36, 10:37, 11:7, 11:23, 12:13, 15:13, 15:31, 22:21, 22:28, 22:59, 23:12, 23:43, 24:30
• John — 3:2, 3:22, 4:27, 6:43, 6:66, 8:29, 9:40, 11:16, 11:31, 11:56, 12:17, 13:8, 13:18, 13:35, 15:27, 16:19, 16:32, 17:12, 17:24, 18:5, 18:18, 18:26, 19:18, 20:24, 20:26
• Acts of the Apostles — 7:5, 7:9, 9:28, 9:39, 10:38, 11:21, 13:25, 14:27, 15:4, 15:33, 19:4, 20:34, 26:12, 27:14
• 1 Corinthians — 7:12, 7:13
• 2 Corinthians — 8:18
• Ephesians — 6:7
• Philippians — 4:6
• 2 Thessalonians — 1:7
• 2 Timothy — 4:11
• Titus — 3:15
• Hebrews — 11:31
• 1 John — 1:6, 1:7
• Revelation — 1:12, 2:16, 2:22, 3:4, 3:20, 3:21, 4:1, 10:8, 11:7, 12:9, 13:4, 14:1, 14:13, 17:1, 17:14, 18:3, 18:9, 19:20, 20:6, 21:3, 21:9, 21:15, 22:12
• Shepherd of Hermas — 4:3, 9:9, 10:2, 10:5, 16:11, 29:4, 30:1, 66:6, 93:5, 93:6, 93:7

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 11:3, 12:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 6:1, 6:2, 8:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 12:2

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 10:1, 20:1, 42:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 2:3, 9:2, 16:1, 19:5, 22:8, 26:4, 31:6, 34:1, 35:7, 46:4, 50:4, 56:17, 56:18, 58:6, 58:8, 65:6, 68:6, 81:2, 87:3, 87:4, 106:1, 113:3, 126:4

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 5:1, 11:1

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 4:5

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 4 — 1:4, 1:5, 2:1
• Mandate 5 — 1:7, 2:1
• Mandate 6 — 2:2
• Mandate 11 — 1:2
• Mandate 12 — 6:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 5 — 1:1, 3:4, 4:5
• Parable 6 — 3:2
• Parable 7 — 1:6
• Parable 8 — 2:9, 11:5
• Parable 9 — 5:5, 5:6, 6:2, 9:6, 10:1, 11:3, 11:4, 11:5, 11:7, 11:8, 15:6, 16:5, 16:7

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 1 — 4:3
• Vision 3 — 1:9, 2:2, 2:5, 8:11, 10:1

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 2:3, 5:25, 5:41, 9:15, 12:3, 12:4, 12:30, 17:3, 21:2, 25:10, 25:19, 25:31, 26:23, 26:36, 26:38, 26:40, 26:47, 27:54
• Mark — 1:36, 2:19, 2:25, 3:5, 3:14, 4:36, 5:18, 5:24, 5:37, 5:40, 6:50, 14:18, 14:20, 14:33, 14:43, 16:10
• Luke — 1:58, 1:66, 2:51, 5:29, 5:34, 6:3, 6:4, 6:17, 7:36, 10:37, 11:7, 11:23, 12:13, 15:13, 15:31, 22:21, 22:28, 22:59, 23:12, 23:43, 24:30
• John — 3:2, 3:22, 4:27, 6:43, 6:66, 8:29, 9:40, 11:16, 11:31, 11:56, 12:17, 13:8, 13:18, 15:27, 16:19, 16:32, 17:12, 17:24, 18:5, 18:18, 18:26, 19:18, 20:24, 20:26
• Acts — 7:5, 7:9, 9:28, 9:39, 10:38, 11:21, 13:25, 14:27, 15:4, 15:33, 19:4, 20:34, 26:12, 27:14
• 1 Corinthians — 7:12, 7:13
• 2 Corinthians — 8:18
• Ephesians — 6:7
• 2 Thessalonians — 1:7
• 2 Timothy — 4:11
• Titus — 3:15
• Hebrews — 11:31
• 1 John — 1:6, 1:7
• Revelation — 1:12, 2:16, 2:22, 3:4, 3:20, 3:21, 4:1, 6:8, 10:8, 11:7, 12:9, 13:4, 14:1, 14:13, 17:1, 17:14, 18:3, 18:9, 19:20, 20:6, 21:3, 21:9, 21:15, 22:12

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 1:4, 16:7

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΤΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΜΕΘ — with, after, among, by, in company with
• ΜΕΘ' — with, among, after
• ΜΕΘʼ — with, after, among, by, in, for, against, of, to
• ΜΕΤ' — with, after, among, behind
• ΜΕΤʼ — with, after, among, by, in, through, of, to
• ΜΕΤΑ — with, among, after, behind, afterward, besides
• ΜΕΤΑʼ — with, after, among, behind, in the midst of
• ΜΕΤΑΔ' — after, with, among, and, but, moreover, indeed, now, then
• ΜΕΤΑΤΟΥ — with, among, in company with, after, behind, (of) with, (of) among, (of) in company with, (of) after, (of) behind
• ΜΕΤΑΤΩΝ — with, among, after, behind
• ΣΟΑΙΜΟΣΜΕΤΑ — It's not clear what this word means. It could be garbled or badly misspelled.

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