ΜΕΤΑΤΑΞΑΣΘΑΙ, μεταταξασθαι
METATAXASTHAI, metataxasthai
Sounds Like: meh-tah-TAX-as-thai
Translations: to change allegiance, to go over, to transfer oneself, to desert, to change sides
From the root: ΜΕΤΑΤΑΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist infinitive middle/passive form of the verb 'metatassō'. It is a compound word formed from 'meta' (meaning 'with', 'after', or indicating change) and 'tassō' (meaning 'to arrange', 'to order'). Therefore, it means to change one's arrangement or position, specifically in the sense of changing allegiance, transferring oneself, or going over to another side. It describes an action of shifting loyalty or affiliation.
Inflection: Aorist, Infinitive, Middle or Passive
Strong’s number: G3345 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 1:58
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΤΑΤΑΣΣΩ.
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.
- ΜΕΤΑΤΑΞΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having transferred, having changed allegiance, having arranged themselves differently, having re-ordered, having shifted
- ΜΕΤΑΤΑΞΕΣΘΑΙ — to arrange oneself differently, to change one's position, to be transferred, to be rearranged
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