Strong G236ἀλλάσσω
to change
- Transliteration
- allassō
- Pronunciation
- al-las'-so
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G243; to make different: - change.
Detailed definition
ἀλλάσσω
(ἄλλος), [in LXX chiefly for חָלַף, מוּר hi., etc.;]
1. to change: Act.6:14, Gal.4:20.
2. to transform: 1Co.15:51-52, Heb.1:12.
3. to exchange: with accusative, before ἐν (= בְּ, Psa.106:20) instead of simple genitive (Bl., § 36, 8), Rom.1:23
(cf. ἀπ-, δι-, κατ-, ἀπο-κατ-, μετ-, συν-αλλάσσω; see MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
(ἄλλος), [in LXX chiefly for חָלַף, מוּר hi., etc.;]
1. to change: Act.6:14, Gal.4:20.
2. to transform: 1Co.15:51-52, Heb.1:12.
3. to exchange: with accusative, before ἐν (= בְּ, Psa.106:20) instead of simple genitive (Bl., § 36, 8), Rom.1:23
(cf. ἀπ-, δι-, κατ-, ἀπο-κατ-, μετ-, συν-αλλάσσω; see MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G236 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- change6
- shall1
First verses
- Acts 6:14For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
- Romans 1:23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
- 1 Corinthians 15:51Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
- 1 Corinthians 15:52In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
- Galatians 4:20I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
- Hebrews 1:12And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀλλάσσω,
later Attic dialect ἀλλάττω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 139a)]: imperfect ἤλλαττον[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 466)]: future -άξω[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 21)]: aorist ἤλλαξα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 661:)]perfect ἤλλᾰχα (ἀπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.6)], (δι-) [Refs (Dionysius Epigrammaticus Comedy texts 2.10)]:—middle, future ἀλλάξομαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tyr.” 7)], (ἀντ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1088)]: aorist ἠλλαξάμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 103, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.79, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.82)], etc.: perfect (in middle sense) ἤλλαγμαι (ἐν-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 208)]:—passive, future ἀλλαχθήσομαι Trag. and Comedy texts, (ἀπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 878, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 940)]; ἀλλαγήσομαι in early Prose, (ἀπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.120)], (ἐξαπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.28:)]aorist ἠλλάχθην and ἠλλάγην, former more frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus and 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)], latter in Prose: perfect ἤλλαγμαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 176, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.67, +others)]: pluperfect ἤλλακτο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.26. (More common in compounds, especially in later Gk.))]: (ἄλλος):—make other than it is, change, alter, τόπον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.41; μορφήν 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 137; χροιάν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1168; ἤλλαττε χρώματ᾽ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 466; τὸ ἑαυτοῦ εἶδος εἰς πολλὰς μορφάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 380d; χώραν [prev. author] “Prm.” 139a.)]
II ἀ. τί τινος give in exchange, barter one thing for another, τῆς σῆς λατρείας τὴν ἐμὴν δυσπραξίαν.. οὐκ ἂν ἀλλάξαιμ᾽ ἐγώ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 967; τι ἀντί τινος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 661)]:— middle, τὴν παραντίκα ἐλπίδα.. οὐδενὸς ἂν ἠλλάξαντο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.82.)]
II.2 repay, requite, φόνον φονεῦσιν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 89.)]
II.3 leave, quit, οὐράνιον φῶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 944, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 193.)]
II.4 middle, ἔξω τρίβου ἀλλάσσεσθαι ἴχνος move one's position, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 103.)]
III take one thing in exchange for another, κάκιον τοὐσθλοῦ παρεόντος[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 21)]; πόνῳ πόνον ἀ. to exchange one suffering with another (nisi to be read πόνου), [Refs (“Tragica Adespota” 7.3)]; ἠλλαττόμεσθ᾽ ἂν δάκρυα δόντες χρυσίον should take in exchange, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 73: ἀ. θνητὸν εἶδος)] assume it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 53, compare 1331:)] —more frequently in middle, τί τινος one thing for another, εὐδαιμονίας κακοδαιμονίαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.79, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 733b)]; τὰ οἰκήϊα κακὰ ἀλλάξασθαι τοῖσι πλησίοισι exchange them with them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.152)]: hence, buy, τι ἀντ᾽ ἀργυρίου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371c; διά τινος ὠνῆς ἢ καὶ πράσεως ἀλλάττεσθαί τί τινι [prev. author] “Lg.” 915d, 915e)]; τοῦ παντὸς ἀ. prize above all things, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 56.30.)]
III.2 take a new position, i.e. go to a place, ἀ.Ἅιδα θαλάμους[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 483; πόλιν ἐκ πόλεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 289e.)]
IV absolutely, have dealings, as buyer or seller, in middle, πρός τινα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 915e.)]
IV.2 alternate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.6)]; σκῆπτρ᾽ ἔειν ἐνιαυτὸν ἀλλάσσοντε to enjoy power in turn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 74, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 42c:)] —passive, ἀρεταὶ.. ἀλλασσόμεναι in turns, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.38, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 940a15)]. ϝ. passive, to be reconciled, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 997.)]
later Attic dialect ἀλλάττω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 139a)]: imperfect ἤλλαττον[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 466)]: future -άξω[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 21)]: aorist ἤλλαξα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 661:)]perfect ἤλλᾰχα (ἀπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.6)], (δι-) [Refs (Dionysius Epigrammaticus Comedy texts 2.10)]:—middle, future ἀλλάξομαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tyr.” 7)], (ἀντ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1088)]: aorist ἠλλαξάμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 103, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.79, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.82)], etc.: perfect (in middle sense) ἤλλαγμαι (ἐν-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 208)]:—passive, future ἀλλαχθήσομαι Trag. and Comedy texts, (ἀπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 878, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 940)]; ἀλλαγήσομαι in early Prose, (ἀπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.120)], (ἐξαπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.28:)]aorist ἠλλάχθην and ἠλλάγην, former more frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus and 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)], latter in Prose: perfect ἤλλαγμαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 176, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.67, +others)]: pluperfect ἤλλακτο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.26. (More common in compounds, especially in later Gk.))]: (ἄλλος):—make other than it is, change, alter, τόπον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.41; μορφήν 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 137; χροιάν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1168; ἤλλαττε χρώματ᾽ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 466; τὸ ἑαυτοῦ εἶδος εἰς πολλὰς μορφάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 380d; χώραν [prev. author] “Prm.” 139a.)]
II ἀ. τί τινος give in exchange, barter one thing for another, τῆς σῆς λατρείας τὴν ἐμὴν δυσπραξίαν.. οὐκ ἂν ἀλλάξαιμ᾽ ἐγώ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 967; τι ἀντί τινος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 661)]:— middle, τὴν παραντίκα ἐλπίδα.. οὐδενὸς ἂν ἠλλάξαντο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.82.)]
II.2 repay, requite, φόνον φονεῦσιν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 89.)]
II.3 leave, quit, οὐράνιον φῶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 944, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 193.)]
II.4 middle, ἔξω τρίβου ἀλλάσσεσθαι ἴχνος move one's position, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 103.)]
III take one thing in exchange for another, κάκιον τοὐσθλοῦ παρεόντος[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 21)]; πόνῳ πόνον ἀ. to exchange one suffering with another (nisi to be read πόνου), [Refs (“Tragica Adespota” 7.3)]; ἠλλαττόμεσθ᾽ ἂν δάκρυα δόντες χρυσίον should take in exchange, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 73: ἀ. θνητὸν εἶδος)] assume it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 53, compare 1331:)] —more frequently in middle, τί τινος one thing for another, εὐδαιμονίας κακοδαιμονίαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.79, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 733b)]; τὰ οἰκήϊα κακὰ ἀλλάξασθαι τοῖσι πλησίοισι exchange them with them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.152)]: hence, buy, τι ἀντ᾽ ἀργυρίου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371c; διά τινος ὠνῆς ἢ καὶ πράσεως ἀλλάττεσθαί τί τινι [prev. author] “Lg.” 915d, 915e)]; τοῦ παντὸς ἀ. prize above all things, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 56.30.)]
III.2 take a new position, i.e. go to a place, ἀ.Ἅιδα θαλάμους[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 483; πόλιν ἐκ πόλεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 289e.)]
IV absolutely, have dealings, as buyer or seller, in middle, πρός τινα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 915e.)]
IV.2 alternate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.6)]; σκῆπτρ᾽ ἔειν ἐνιαυτὸν ἀλλάσσοντε to enjoy power in turn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 74, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 42c:)] —passive, ἀρεταὶ.. ἀλλασσόμεναι in turns, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.38, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 940a15)]. ϝ. passive, to be reconciled, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 997.)]