UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to cause to move, to remove

Semantic entry: 15.9

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Move, Come/Go

Definition: to cause something to be moved from one place to another

Notes: It is not possible to determine whether in RV CO1 13:2 · LV CO1 13:2 · Read together CO1 13:2 one should understand ‘remove mountains’ in the sense of ‘causing them to disappear’ or ‘to cause a mountain to change its location,’ that is to say, to move a mountain from one place to another.

Sense 2: to change to, to turn into, to cause to be different from, to transform

Semantic entry: 13.64

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Change of State

Definition: to cause a change of state, with emphasis upon the difference in the resulting state{N:001}

Sense 3: to turn away, to mislead

Semantic entry: 31.73

Semantic domains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

Subdomains: Change an Opinion Concerning Truth

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of μεθίστημι[a] ‘to cause to move,’ 15.9: μεθίστημι) to cause a complete change in someone’s beliefs, normally in the unfavorable sense of causing someone to turn away from a previous belief and hence to be misled

Sense 4: to cease

Semantic entry: 68.38

Semantic domains: Aspect

Subdomains: Cease, Stop

Definition: to cease from a state or function, with the implication of transfer or removal

Notes: See also μεθίστημι [source selector 000001][b] in 13.64: μεθίστημι / 13.64: μεταστρέφω / 13.64: μετατίθημι / 13.64: μετατρέπω / 13.64: περιτρέπω.

Forms: μεθίσταμαι