Strong's Lexicon
G236 — ἀλλάσσω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G236 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀλλάσσω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G243 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | allasso |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | al-las'-so |
| Meaning: | 1. to change, transform, make different |
| KJV Renderings: | change |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀλλάσσω: future ἀλλάζω; 1 aorist ἤλλαξα; 2 future passive ἀλλαγήσομαι; (ἄλλος); (from Aeschylus down); to change: to cause one thing to cease and another to take its place, τά ἔθη, Act 6:14; τήν φωνήν to vary the voice, i. e., to speak in a different manner according to the different conditions of minds, to adapt the matter and form of discourse to mental moods, to treat them now severely, now gently, Gal 4:20 (but see Meyer at the passage), to exchange one thing for another: τί ἐν τίνι, Rom 1:23 (בְּ äÅîÄéø Psa 105:20 (); the Greeks say ἀλλάσσειν τί τίνος (cf. Winers Grammar, 206 (194), 388 (363) Vaughan on Romans, the passage cited)), to transform: 1Co 15:51; Heb 1:12. (Compare: ἀπαλλάσσω, διαλλάσσω, καταλλάσσω, ἀποκαταλλάσσω, μεταλλάσσω, συναλλάσσω.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀλλάσσω (change)
Acts 6:14
- KJV: For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us
- GK: ακηκόαμεν γαρ αυτού λέγοντος ότι Ιησούς ο Ναζωραίος ούτος καταλύσει τον τόπον τούτον και αλλάξει το έθη α παρέδωκεν ημίν Μωϋσής
Romans 1:23
- KJV: And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man and to birds and fourfooted beasts and creeping things
- GK: και ήλλαξαν την δόξαν του αφθάρτου θεού εν ομοιώματι εικόνος φθαρτού ανθρώπου και πετεινών και τετραπόδων και ερπετών
1 Corinthians 15:51
- KJV: Behold I shew you a mystery We shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed
- GK: ιδού μυστήριον υμίν λέγω πάντες μεν ου κοιμηθησόμεθα πάντες δε αλλαγησόμεθα
1 Corinthians 15:52
- KJV: In 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
- GK: εν ατόμω εν ριπή οφθαλμού εν τη εσχάτη σάλπιγγι σαλπίσει γαρ και οι νεκροί εγερθήσονται άφθαρτοι και ημείς αλλαγησόμεθα
Galatians 4:20
- KJV: I desire to be present with you now and to change my voice for I stand in doubt of you
- GK: ήθελον δε παρείναι προς υμάς άρτι και αλλάξαι την φωνήν μου ότι απορούμαι εν υμίν
Hebrews 1:12
- KJV: And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up and they shall be changed but thou art the same and thy years shall not fail
- GK: και ωσεί περιβόλαιον ελίξεις αυτούς και αλλαγήσονται συ δε ο αυτός ει και τα έτη σου ουκ εκλείψουσι
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