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Carrying Away

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: μετοικεσία

(Strong's #3350 — Noun Feminine — metoikesia — met-oy-kes-ee'-ah )

"a change of abode, or a carrying away by force" (meta, implying "change," oikia, "a dwelling"), is used only of the carrying away to Babylon, Matthew 1:11,12,17 .

B — 1: μετοικίζω

(Strong's #3351 — Verb — metoikizo — met-oy-kid'-zo )

akin to A, is used of the removal of Abraham into Canaan, Acts 7:4 , and of the carrying into Babylon, 7:43.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Carrying Away'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​c/carrying-away.html. 1940.
 
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