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μετά

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greekNew TestamentPreposition468 occurrences24 books440 verses

Definition

μετά (before vowel μετ᾽; on the neglect of elision in certain cases, V. WH, App., 146 b),

prep. with genitive, accusative (in poet, also with dative), [in LXX for אַחַד ,עִם ,אֵת, etc.].

I. C. genitive,

1. among, amid: Mark 1:13, Luke 22:37 (LXX, ἐν) 24:5, John 18:5, al.; διωγμῶν, Mark 10:30.

2. Of association and companionship, with (in which sense it gradually superseded σύν, than which it is much more frequently in NT; cf. Bl., §42, 3): with genitive of person(s), Matthew 8:11; 20:20, Mark 1:29; 3:7, Luke 5:30, John 3:22, Galatians 2:1, al. mult.; εἶναι μετά, Matthew 5:25, Mark 3:14, al.; metaphorically, of divine help and guidance, John 3:2, Acts 7:9, Philippians 4:9, al.; opposite to εἶναι κατά, Matthew 12:30, Luke 11:23; in Hellenistic usage (but see M, Pr., 106, 246f.), πολεμεῖν μετά = cl. π., with dative, to wage war against (so LXX for נִלְחַם עִם, 1 Kings 17:33), Revelation 2:16, al.; with genitive of thing(s), χαρᾶς, Matthew 13:20, Mark 4:16, al.; ὀργῆς, Mark 3:5, al.

II. C. accusative,

1. of place, behind, after: Hebrews 9:3.

2. Of time, after: Matthew 17:1, Mark 14:1, Luke 1:24, Acts 1:5, Galatians 1:18, al.; μετὰ τοῦτο, John 2:12, al.; ταῦτα, Mrk.16:[12], Luke 5:27, John 3:22, al; with inf. artic. (BL, §71, 5; 72, 3), Matthew 26:32, Mark 1:14, al.

III. In composition,

1. of association or community: μεταδίδωμι, μετέχω, etc.

2. Exchange or transference: μεταλλάσσω, μετοικίζω, etc.

3. after: μεταμέλομαι.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as μετά:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

468 total
  1. Luke 11:7μετ’ · and
    And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’
  2. Luke 11:23μετ’ · with; μετ’ · with
    He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
  3. Luke 11:31μετὰ · with
    The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
  4. Luke 11:32μετὰ · with
    The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
  5. Luke 12:4μετὰ · after
    I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
  6. Luke 12:5μετὰ · after
    But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!
  7. Luke 12:13μετ’ · with
    Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
  8. Luke 12:46μετὰ · with
    The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
  9. Luke 12:58μετὰ
    Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.
  10. Luke 13:1μετὰ · with
    At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
  11. Luke 14:9μετὰ · in
    Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.
  12. Luke 14:31μετὰ · with
    Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
  13. Luke 15:13μετ’ · After
    After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
  14. Luke 15:29μετὰ · with
    But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
  15. Luke 15:30μετὰ · with
    But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
  16. Luke 15:31μετ’ · with
    ‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.
  17. Luke 17:8μετὰ · afterward
    Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you may eat and drink’?
  18. Luke 17:15μετὰ · in
    When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
  19. Luke 17:20μετὰ · with
    When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs.
  20. Luke 18:4μετὰ · later
    For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
  21. Luke 21:27μετὰ · with
    At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
  22. Luke 22:11μετὰ · with
    …and say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’
  23. Luke 22:15μεθ’ · with
    And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.
  24. Luke 22:20μετὰ · after
    In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.
  25. Luke 22:21μετ’ · [is] with
    Look! The hand of My betrayer is with Mine on the table.
  26. Luke 22:28μετ’ · by
    You are the ones who have stood by Me in My trials.
  27. Luke 22:33μετὰ · with
    “Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”
  28. Luke 22:37μετὰ · with
    For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
  29. Luke 22:52μετὰ · with
    Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?
  30. Luke 22:53μεθ’ · with
    Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”
  31. Luke 22:58μετὰ · later
    A short time later, someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”
  32. Luke 22:59μετ’ · with
    About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”
  33. Luke 23:12μετ’
    That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
  34. Luke 23:43μετ’ · with
    And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
  35. Luke 24:5μετὰ · among
    As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
  36. Luke 24:29μεθ’ · with
    But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.
  37. Luke 24:30μετ’ · with
    While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.
  38. Luke 24:52μετὰ · with
    And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
  39. John 2:12Μετὰ · After
    After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
  40. John 3:2μετ’ · with
    He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
  41. John 3:22Μετὰ · After; μετ’ · with
    After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
  42. John 3:25μετὰ · [and]
    Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
  43. John 3:26μετὰ · with
    So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
  44. John 4:27μετὰ · with; μετ’ · with
    Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”
  45. John 4:43Μετὰ · After
    After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.
  46. John 5:1Μετὰ · Some time later
    Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
  47. John 5:14Μετὰ · Afterward
    Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”