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Koine Greek wordlink #132767

SR GNT Col 1:13 μετέστησεν (metestaʸsen) ‘power of darkness and redirected us into the kingdom’ Strongs=31790 Lemma=methistaō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=64 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form μετέστησεν (V-IAA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μετέστησεν’ (V-IAA3··S) has 2 different glosses: ‘redirected’(1), ‘redirected us’(1).

Acts 19:26 ‘Paulos this having persuaded redirected much crowd saying’ SR GNT Acts 19:26 word 26

OET-LV: 26 And you _all _are _observing and are _hearing that not only Efesos, but almost of _all the Asia, the this Paulos having _persuaded, redirected much crowd, saying that the ones by ^our_hands becoming they _are not gods. (ACT_19:26)

OET-RV: 26 But you’ve seen yourselves and heard from others that not only Ephesus, but almost our entire province of Asia Minor has become persuaded by this Paul fellow, and now the crowds are saying that what we make are not real gods. (ACT 19:26)

Col 1:13 ‘power of darkness and redirected us into the kingdom’ SR GNT Col 1:13 word 10

OET-LV: 13 who rescued us from the power of_ the _darkness, and redirected us into the kingdom of _the son of _the love of _him, (COL_1:13)

OET-RV: 13 The father rescued us from the power of darkness and redirected us into the kingdom of his dear son— (COL 1:13)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘methistaō’ have 4 different glosses: ‘having removed’, ‘I may_be removed’, ‘redirected’, ‘redirected us’.

Key: V=verb