Word

μεταλλάσσω

metallássō · G3337 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to exchange, to substitute

    To exchange one thing for another

    Examples

    Romans 1:25 For they exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

  2. to cease and to start, to exchange

    To cease one activity and to start something else in exchange

    Examples

    Romans 1:26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature,

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries
To exchange, to substitute57.142
This sense denotes substituting one thing for another. Romans 1:25 states that they “exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator.”
To cease and to start, to exchange68.50
This sense denotes abandoning one practice in favor of another. Romans 1:26 states that their women “exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature.”
Word family 20 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἄλλος állos · G243 · different, differently, other than · 154×ἀλλά allá · G235 · but, instead, on the contrary · 638×ἀλλήλων allḗlōn · G240 · each other, one another · 100×ἀλλότριος allótrios · G245 · belonging to another, belonging to someone else, stranger · 14×ἀλλάσσω allássō · G236 · to change, to alter, to make different · 6×καταλλάσσω katallássō · G2644 · to reconcile, to make things right with one another, reconciliation · 6×καταλλαγή katallagḗ · G2643 · to reconcile, to make things right with one another, reconciliation · 4×ἀπαλλάσσω apallássō · G525 · to release, to set free, to settle with · 3×ἀπαλλοτριόω apallotrióō · G526 · to be a stranger, to be a foreigner · 3×ἀποκαταλλάσσω apokatallássō · G604 · to reconcile, to make things right with one another, reconciliation · 3×ἀλλαχόθεν allachóthen · G237 · from elsewhere, from some other way · 2×ἀντάλλαγμα antállagma · G465 · something given in exchange · 2×μεταλλάσσωmetallássō · G3337ἀλληγορέω allēgoréō · G238 · to speak allegorically, to employ an analogy, to use a likeness · 1×ἀλλογενής allogenḗs · G241 · foreigner · 1×ἀλλοτριεπίσκοπος allotriepískopos · G244 · busybody, meddler · 1×ἀλλόφυλος allóphylos · G246 · foreigner, heathen, pagan · 1×ἄλλως állōs · G247 · different, differently, other than · 1×διαλλάσσω diallássō · G1259 · to be reconciled, to make peace with · 1×παραλλαγή parallagḗ · G3883 · change · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist μετηλλαξα; from Herodotus down; (not In the Sept., yet nine times in 2 Macc.;…
: 1 aorist μετηλλαξα; from Herodotus down; (not In the Sept., yet nine times in 2 Macc.; also 1 Esdr. 1:31); to exchange, change (cf. μετά, III. 2): τί ἐν τίνιt, one thing with (for) another (on this construction see ἀλλάσσω), Rom 1:25; τί εἰς τί, one thing into another, Rom 1:26.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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