μετάγω
metágō · G3329 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to direct, to steer, to guide
To cause to move from one place to another by bringing or leading
ExamplesJames 3:3 Now if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their whole body as well.
James 3:4 Look at the ships too: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are nevertheless directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot determines.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- πλοῖονboat 1
- Not stated: we 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σῶμαbody 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὑπόby, under+ πηδάλιονrudder 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- נָהַג nâhag · H5090 · to lead, to guide, to drive
- Hebrew verb for leading/guiding, commonly used for directing animals, people, or vehicles; closely parallel to μετάγω's sense of directing or steering
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To direct, to steer, to guide15.186
- This lexeme denotes steering or directing something, here a ship's rudder. James 3:4 states that ships, though large, “are nevertheless directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot determines.”
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon present passive μετάγομαι; to transfer, lead over. (Polybius, Diodorus, others), hence,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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