Dictionary entry

μετοικεσία

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μετοικεσία, -ας, ἡ

(= cl. μετοικία, -κησις; < μετοικέω, to change one's abode), [in LXX chiefly for גֹּלָה and cogn. forms, Ez 12:11, Ob 1:20, al.;]

change of abode, migration: of the Babylonian exile, μ. Βαβυλῶνος, Mt 1:11, 12, 17.†