- μεθίστημι
- μεθίστημι (s. ἵστημι) by-form μεθιστάνω (Hv 1, 3, 4; 1 Cor 13:2 v.l.) fut. μεταστήσω LXX; 1 aor. μετέστησα; 2 aor. μετέστην LXX. Pass.: aor. μετεστάθην; subj. μετασταθῶ (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, TestSol; TestAbr A 20 p. 103, 8 [Stone p. 54]; TestIss 1:13; Joseph.)① transfer from one place to another, removeⓐ of things τὶ someth. ὄρη 1 Cor 13:2 (Is 54:10). Heavens, mountains, hills, seas Hv 1, 3, 4. (ἡμᾶς) μετέστησεν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν (God) transferred us to the kingdom Col 1:13 (cp. Jos., Ant. 9, 235 μ. εἰς τ. αὑτοῦ βασιλείαν.—μ. εἰς=‘transplant into’ also Alex. Aphr., Mixt. II 2 p. 219, 28; 230, 29; cp. τὸ μεταστῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρατῶν ἐπὶ τὰ ἀόρατα as a description of ἔκστασις Did., Gen. 230, 9).ⓑ of persons remove, depose (3 Km 15:13; 1 Macc 11:63; Jos., Ant. 19, 297; 20, 16) τινὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ τόπου remove someone from his place 1 Cl 44:5. Pass. be removed ὅταν μετασταθῶ ἐκ τ. οἰκονομίας when I am discharged fr. my position as manager Lk 16:4 (Vi. Aesopi G 9 μεταστήσω σε τῆς οἰκονομίας=I will remove you from your position as steward.—μ. ἐκ as Jos., Vi. 195).—This is prob. also the place for Ac 13:22 μεταστήσας αὐτόν after he had removed him (fr. the throne; cp. Da 2:21). The expr. in its fullest form, μ. τινὰ ἐκ τοῦ ζῆν ‘put someone to death’ (Diod S 2, 57, 5; 4, 55, 1; cp. 3 Macc 6:12), scarcely seems applicable here.② to bring to a different point of view, turn away, mislead, also in an unfavorable sense, fig. ext. of 1 (X., Hell. 2, 2, 5; Plut., Galba 1059 [14, 3] τοὺς πλείους μετέστησαν; Josh 14:8) ἱκανὸν ὄχλον Ac 19:26.—DELG s.v. ἵστημι. M-M.
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