3326. Strong's Dictionary Study
3326. meta {met-ah'}; a primary preposition (often used
adverbially); properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or
causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive case
association, or accusative case succession) with which it is
joined; occupying an intermediate position between 575 or 1537
and 1519 or 4314; less intimate than 1722 and less close than
4862): --after(-ward), X that he again, against, among, X and, +
follow, hence, hereafter, in, of, (up-)on, + our, X and setting,
since, (un-)to, + together, when, with (+ -out). Often used in
composition, in substantially the same relations of
participation or proximity, and transfer or sequence.[ql
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