ΜΕΤΑ, μετα
META, meta
Sounds Like: MEH-tah
Translations: with, among, after, behind, afterward, besides
From the root: ΜΕΤΑ
Part of Speech: Preposition, Adverb
Explanation: ΜΕΤΑ is a versatile word that functions as both a preposition and an adverb. As a preposition, its meaning depends on the case of the noun it governs: when followed by a genitive noun, it means 'with' or 'among', indicating association or presence; when followed by an accusative noun, it means 'after' or 'behind', indicating sequence or pursuit. As an adverb, it typically means 'afterward' or 'besides'. It is a very common word in Koine Greek.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G3326 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
There are too many instances of this word to list here. It appears throughout our texts.
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, by, in company with, in pursuit of, according to
- ΜΕΤ' — with, after, among, behind
- ΜΕΤʼ — with, after, among, by, in, through, of, to
- 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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