Metatithemi denotes moving someone to another place or altering something into a different condition or direction.

The attested usage most often concerns alteration or transfer to a different condition, direction, or arrangement: people are removed to a different gospel, a priesthood is changed, and grace is turned into debauchery. It also describes physical relocation, as the dead are placed in a tomb and Enoch is transported so as not to see death.

1. Alteration or movement into a different state · dominant

   In Galatians 1:6, the present middle form occurs in the clause about being removed from the one who called them “to a different gospel.” In Hebrews 7:12 the present passive participle occurs when the priesthood is changed, while Jude 1:4 uses a present active participle of people who turn God’s grace into debauchery.

   Galatians 1:6Hebrews 7:12Jude 1:4
2. Physical relocation or placement · common

   Acts 7:16 uses an aorist passive plural form in the account that “They were brought to Shechem and placed in the tomb.” Hebrews 11:5 uses aorist passive forms in the statement that Enoch “was transported” and that God had transported him.

   Acts 7:16Hebrews 11:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies its presentation across the verses, using “placed,” “removed,” “transported,” “changed,” and “turn.” These renderings show the clauses’ overall presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.