Noun methistēmi (to move away, to remove) in the New Testament

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Luke

16: 4I have decided what to do so that, when I am removed (methistēmi) as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.'

Acts

13: 22When he had removed (methistēmi) him, he made David their king. In his testimony about him he said, 'I have found David, son of Jesse, to be a man after my heart, who will carry out all my wishes.'
19: 26You also see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost the whole of Asia this Paul has persuaded and moved away (methistēmi) a considerable number of people by saying that gods made with hands are not gods.

1 Corinthians

13: 2And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove (methistēmi) mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

Colossians

1: 13He has rescued us from the power of darkness and moved us away (methistēmi) into the kingdom of his beloved Son,