μετά meta

Greek word for “with/after” · Strong’s G3326 · used 468 times in 440 verses

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Meaning

μετά (before vowel μετ᾽;

How it is translated

Glosses given for meta in context, with how often each is used:

• with 346
• after 96
• the 4
• among 4
• against 4
• in 3
• along with 3
• toward 2
• afterward 2
• {12} with 1
• behind 1
• after we are 1

Where it is used

Also in 12 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 26 (18), Mark 14 (14), Luke 22 (11), Matthew 27 (7), Acts 20 (7), Matthew 12 (6), Luke 1 (6), John 11 (6), Acts 7 (6), Acts 15 (6)

Forms

• μετὰ 273
• μετ᾽ 131
• μεθ᾽ 43
• Μετὰ 21

Words used with it

Words that share verses with meta more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 54
• πολύς polus “much” 33
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 29
• ἰδού idou “look!” 25
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 30
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 29
• χάρις charis “grace” 20
• υἱός uhios “son” 24
• λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 21
• εἷς ehis “one” 22
• λαός laos “a people” 18
• ἀρχιερεύς archiereus “high-priest” 17

Key verses

The verses using meta that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 28:20 — Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
• Acts 10:38 — How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was…
• 2 Corinthians 6:16 — And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I…
• Philippians 4:6 — Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
• Hebrews 5:7 — Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and…
• Hebrews 10:22 — Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
• 1 John 1:7 — But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
• Revelation 7:9 — After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and…
• Revelation 12:9 — And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his…
• Revelation 17:14 — These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and…
• Revelation 19:1 — And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
• Revelation 19:20 — And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.