Carrying away
New TestamentVine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words
Definition
"a change of abode, or a carrying away by force" (meta, implying "change," oikia, "a dwelling"), is used only of the carrying away to Babylon, Mat 1:1-12, Mat 1:17.
akin to A, is used of the removal of Abraham into Canaan, Act 7:4, and of the carrying into Babylon, Act 7:43.