μεθίστημι: causal, in pres. and impf., fut. and aor. 1,
I
1. place in another way, change, τοι ταῦτα μεταστήσω I will change thee this present, i. e. give another instead, Od. 4.612; μ. τὰ νόμιμα πάντα Hdt. 1.65; ὄνομα, τύχην, E. Ba. 296, Heracl. 935; τὸ μέγα εἰς οὐδὲν χρόνος μ. Id. Fr. 304 (lyr.); μ. νόμους X. HG 5.4.64; ταύτην τὴν πολιτείαν Pl. R. 562c; ἐκ τοῦ παρόντος κόσμου τὴν πόλιν μεταστήσας Th. 8.48; ἐς ὀλιγαρχίαν μ. [τὴν πολιτείαν ] X. HG 2.3.24; ἐξ ὀλιγαρχίας ἐς τὸ δημοκρατεῖσθαι μ. τοὺς Βυζαντίους ib. 4.8.27; τὰ ἐκεῖ πάντα πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους ib. 2.2.5; also ἐκ τῆς καθεστηκυίας ἄλλην μ. [πολιτείαν ] introduce a new polity, Arist. Pol. 1301b8; μ. βασιλείαν ἀντὶ τυραννίδος Pl. 319d.
2. c. gen. partit., οὐ μεθίστησι τοῦ χρώματος he changes [nothing] of his colour, Ar. Eq. 398 (lyr.).
II of persons,
1. set free, τινὰ νόσου S. Ph. 463; κακῶν, πόνων, E. Hel. 1442, IT 991, cf. 775; ὕπνου Id. Or. 133.
2. remove by killing, αὑτόν J. AJ 18.6.2: so in Med., τὸν ἄνθρωπον ib. 18.9.5.
3. remove from one place to another, Th. 4.57; ὠστράκιζον καὶ μεθίστασαν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Arist. Pol. 1284a21; ἐς ἄλλην χθόνα μ. πόδα E. Ba. 49: - aor. 1 Med. μεταστήσασθαι remove from oneself or from one’s presence, Hdt. 1.89, 8.101, And. 1.12, Th. 1.79; banish, Aeschin. 3.129; μ. φρουρὰς ἐκ πόλεων Plb. 18.44.4. Pass., with aor. 1 μετεστάθην [ᾰ ] E. El. 1202 (lyr.), D. 26.6, also aor. 2, pf., and plpf. Act.:
I of persons,
1. stand among or in the midst of, c. dat., ἑτάροισι μεθίστατο Il. 5.514.
2. change one’s position, τυράννοις ἐκποδὼν μεθίστασο make way for them, E. Ph. 40; depart, παλαιὸν εἰς ἴχνος A. Supp. 538 (lyr.); ἐκ τῆς τάξιος Hdt. 9.58; ἐκ τυραννικοῦ κύκλου S. Aj. 750; ἔξω τῆς οἰκουμένης Aeschin. 3.165; ἐκ φωτὸς εἰς σκότος μ. Pl. R. 518a: c. gen., δεῦρ’ Ἰωλκίας χθονός E. Med. 551; θρόνων Id. Ph. 75; μ. φυγῇ Id. Med. 1295: abs., μετάσταθ’, ἀπόβαθι S. OC 162 (lyr.), cf. D. 23.69; ὅταν μεταστῇ [ὄλβος ] S. Fr. 646.6.
3. c. gen. rei, change, cease from, κότου A. Eu. 900; ξηρῶν τρόπων Ar. V. 1451 (lyr.), cf. Pl. 365; λύπης, κακῶν, E. Alc. 1122, Hel. 856; μ. βίου die, Id. Alc. 21 (also μ. alone, J. AJ 17.4.2, Plu. 2.1104c; ἑκὼν μ. commit suicide, Vett. Val.94.9); μ. φρενῶν change from one’s former mind, change one’s mind, E. Ba. 944.
4. go over to another party, revolt, Th. 1.35, etc.; ἀπό τινος Id. 8.76; παρά or πρός τινα, Id. 1.107, 130.
5. to be banished, ὑπό τινων D. 26.6.
II
1. of things, change, alter, either for the better, τῆς τύχης εὖ μετεστεώσης Hdt. 1.118; ἐς τὸ λῷον.. μεθέστηκεν κέαρ E. Med. 911; or for the worse, ἐξ ἧς [πολιτείας] ἡ ὀλιγαρχία μετέστη from which oligarchy arose by a change, Pl. R. 553e, cf. X. HG 2.3.24, Arist. Pol. 1301a22, Plb. 6.9.10; εἴ τι μὴ δαίμων.. μεθέστηκε στρατῷ hath changed for them, A. Pers. 158 (troch.); νέος μεθέστηκ’ ἐκ γέροντος E. Heracl. 796.
2. Medic., of pains, change position, εἰς τὴν ἄνω χώραν Gal. 16.652.
G3179 — μεθίστημι
and (in [1Co 13:2] R G WH (cf. ἵστημι)) μεθιστάνω; 1 aorist μετέστησα; 1 aorist passive subjunctive μετασταθῶ; from Homer down; properly, to transpose, transfer, remote from one place to another: properly, of change of situation or place, ὄρη, [1Co 13:2] ([Isa 54:10]); τινα εἰς τί, [Col 1:13]; τινα (T Tr WH add ἐκ, so L in brackets) τῆς οἰκονομίας, to remove from the office of steward, passive [Luk 16:4] (τῆς χρείας, 1 Macc. 11:63); τινα ἐκ τοῦ ζῆν, to remove from life, Diodorus 2, 57, 5; 4, 55, 1; with ἐκ τοῦ ζῆν omitted, [Act 13:22] (in Greek writings also in the middle and in the intransitive tenses of the active to depart from life, to die, Euripides, Alc. 21; Polybius 32, 21, 3; Heliodorus 4, 14). metaphorically, τινα, without adjunct (cf. German verrücken (English pervert), i. e. to lead aside (A. V. turn away) to other tenets: [Act 19:26] (τήν καρδίαν τοῦ λαοῦ, [Jos 14:8]).
μεθ - ίστημι
and (late form, [1Co 13:2]) μεθιστάνω ,
[in LXX for H5493 hi ., etc.;]
trans. in Pres ., impf ., fut . and aor. 1, to change, remove: c . acc rei , ὄρη , [1Co 13:2] ( cf. [Isa 54:10]); c . acc pers .: seq . εἰς , [Col 1:13]; seq . ἐκ , pass ., [Luk 16:4]; of causing death ( cf. similar intrans . sense, Eur ., Alc., 21, al. ), [Act 13:22]. Metaph . ( cf. τ . καρδίαν μ ., [Jos 14:8]), c . acc pers ., to pervert: [Act 19:26]. †