- μεταβαίνω
- μεταβαίνω (μετά, βαίνω; Hom.+) fut. μεταβήσομαι; 2 aor. μετέβην, impv. μετάβηθι (J 7:3) and μετάβα (Mt 17:20; s. B-D-F §95, 3; Mlt-H. 209f); pf. μεταβέβηκα.① to transfer from one place to another, go/pass overⓐ of pers.α. w. indications of the place from which ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων αὐτῶν from their district Mt 8:34. ἐντεῦθεν J 7:3. ἐκεῖθεν Mt 11:1; 12:9; 15:29; Ac 18:7. ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου πρὸς τ. πατέρα J 13:1.β. specif. change one’s place of residence, move (Diog. L. 5, 89 εἰς θεούς=go over or be removed to the gods; PTebt 316, 20; 92; Jos., Bell. 6, 299) w. the goal given εἰς ἕτερον ἀγρίδιον MPol 6:1. W. the place fr. which and place to which given: ἐξ οἰκίας εἰς οἰκίαν go from one house to another Lk 10:7 (μ. ἐξ … εἰς as Jos., Ant. 11, 204).ⓑ of things (Epict. 3, 19, 4 a stone; Jos., Bell. 2, 163; Ar. 6, 1, 3 sun) ἐρεῖτε τῷ ὄρει• μετάβα ἔνθεν ἐκεῖ, καὶ μεταβήσεται Mt 17:20 (Ps.-Callisth. 1, 33, 10: the transference of a mountain is impossible).② to change from one state or condition to another state, pass, pass on, ext. of mng. 1 (Pla. et al.; Anth. Pal. 9, 378 κοιμῶ μεταβὰς ἀλλαχόθι; OGI 458, 7 [c. 9 B.C.]; Jos., Vi. 149).ⓐ ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν ζωήν pass (or ‘move’) from death into life (s. 1aβ) J 5:24; 1J 3:14 (Sb 6648, 3 vice versa of one deceased: τὸν μεταβάντα εἰς μυχὸν αἰώνων ἐν σκοτίᾳ διάγειν ‘who departed for eternal seclusion, to spend his time in darkness’).ⓑ rhetor. t.t. pass on to another subject (Pla., Phdr. 265c, Crat. 438a; Just., D. 47, 4 ἐπὶ τὴν ἔννομον πολιτείαν; Tat. 25, 1 ἐπὶ τὴν ἀλόγων μίμησιν) ἐπὶ ἑτέραν γνῶσιν καὶ διδαχήν pass on to a different kind of knowledge and teaching 18:1 (cp. 2 Macc 6:9).—M-M. TW.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.