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μεταμορφόω

metamorphóō · G3339 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to become, to change, to be changed into, to be transformed

    To change the essential form or nature of something

    Examples

    Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

    2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveiled faces, looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

  2. to change in appearance

    To take on a different physical form or appearance

    Examples

    Matthew 17:2 And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.

    Mark 9:2 And six days later Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them;

How it’s used In 2 roles

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4 occurrences in 3 groups

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4 occurrences in 4 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 become, to change, to be changed into, to be transformed13.53
This sense denotes an outward change in form or appearance. Matthew 17:2 states, “He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.”
To change in appearance58.16
This sense denotes an inward transformation affecting one's whole character. Romans 12:2 exhorts, “do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
Word family 6 words

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

μορφή morphḗ · G3444 · nature, character, visual form · 3×μεταμορφόωmetamorphóō · G3339μόρφωσις mórphōsis · G3446 · embodiment, full content, essential features · 2×σύμμορφος sýmmorphos · G4832 · similar in form, of the same form · 2×μορφόω morphóō · G3445 · to form the nature of · 1×συμμορφόω symmorphóō · G4833 · to share in having the likeness of, to take on the same form as, to become like · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon μεταμόρφω: passive, present μεταμορφοῦμαι; 1 aorist μετεμορφώθη; to change into another…
μεταμόρφω: passive, present μεταμορφοῦμαι; 1 aorist μετεμορφώθη; to change into another form (cf. μετά, III. 2), to transfigure, transform: μετεμορφώθη, of Christ, his appearance was changed (A. V. he was transfigured), i. e. was resplendent with a divine brightness, Mt 17:2; Mk 9:2 (for which Lk 9:29 gives ἐγένετο τό εἶδος τοῦ προσώπου αὐτοῦ ἕτερον); of Christians: τήν αὐτήν εἰκόνα μεταμορφούμεθα, we are transformed into the same image (of consummate excellence that shines in Christ), reproduce the same image, 2 Cor 3:18; on the simple accusative after verbs of motion, change, division, cf. Bos, Ellips. (edited by Schaefer), pp. 679ff; Matthiae, § 409; (Jelf, § 636 obs. 2; cf. Buttmann, 190 (164); 396 (339); Winer's Grammar, § 32, 5); used of the change of moral character for the better, Rom 12:2; with which compare Seneca, epistles 6 at the beginning,intelligo non emendari me tantum, sed transfigurari. ((Diodorus 4, 81; Plutarch de adulat. et amic. 7; others); Philo, vit. Moys. i. § 10 under the end; leg. ad Gaium § 13; Athen. 8, p. 334 c.; Aelian v. h. 1, 1; Lucian, as. 11.) (Synonym: cf. μετασχηματίζω.)

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

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Change of State2 occurrencesAppearance as an Outward Manifestation of Form2 occurrences

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.

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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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