Strong G3339μεταμορφόω
to transform
- Transliteration
- metamorphoō
- Pronunciation
- met-am-or-fo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
μετα-μορφόω, -ῶ
[in Sm.: Psa.34:1 *;]
to transform, transfigure: pass., of Christ's transfiguration, Mat.17:2, Mrk.9:2 (cf. Luk.9:29); of Christians, Rom.12:2, 2Co.3:18.†
SYN.: μετασχηματίζω, to change in fashion or appearance, see: μορφή, and cf. Lft., Phi., 125 ff (AS)
[in Sm.: Psa.34:1 *;]
to transform, transfigure: pass., of Christ's transfiguration, Mat.17:2, Mrk.9:2 (cf. Luk.9:29); of Christians, Rom.12:2, 2Co.3:18.†
SYN.: μετασχηματίζω, to change in fashion or appearance, see: μορφή, and cf. Lft., Phi., 125 ff (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3339 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- transfigure2
- change1
- transform1
First verses
- Matthew 17:2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
- Mark 9:2And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
- Romans 12:2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μεταμορφ-όω,
transform, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.479; ἑαυτὸν εἴς τι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 1.1)]; disguise, ἑαυτόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.41)]:—mostly in passive, to be transformed, [NT+1st c.BC+ (NT.Rom.12.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.52d, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 11; εἰς θηρίων ἰδέαν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.81; εἰς Ἀπόλλωνα 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.559; εἰς ἰχθύν 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.334c; ἀπὸ δόξης εἰς δόξαν NT.2Cor.3.18)]; to be transfigured, [NT (NT.Matt.17.2, etc.)]
transform, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.479; ἑαυτὸν εἴς τι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 1.1)]; disguise, ἑαυτόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.41)]:—mostly in passive, to be transformed, [NT+1st c.BC+ (NT.Rom.12.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.52d, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 11; εἰς θηρίων ἰδέαν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.81; εἰς Ἀπόλλωνα 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.559; εἰς ἰχθύν 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.334c; ἀπὸ δόξης εἰς δόξαν NT.2Cor.3.18)]; to be transfigured, [NT (NT.Matt.17.2, etc.)]