Strong's Lexicon
G3339 — μεταμορφόω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3339 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μεταμορφόω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3326 and G3445 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | metamorphoo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | met-am-or-foh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to transform ("metamorphose") {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | change, transfigure, transform |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μεταμορφόω, 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, Mat 17:2; Mar 9:2 (for which Luk 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, 2Co 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.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
μεταμορφόω (change)
Matthew 17:2
- KJV: And was transfigured before them and his face did shine as the sun and his raiment was white as the light
- GK: και μετεμορφώθη έμπροσθεν αυτών και έλαμψεν το πρόσωπον αυτού ως ο ήλιος τα δε ιμάτια αυτού εγένετο λευκά ως το φως
Mark 9:2
- KJV: And after six days Jesus taketh Peter and James and John and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves and he was transfigured before them
- GK: και μεθ΄ ημέρας εξ παραλαμβάνει ο Ιησούς τον Πέτρον και τον Ιάκωβον και τον Ιωάννην και αναφέρει αυτούς εις όρος υψηλόν κατ΄ ιδίαν μόνους και μετεμορφώθη έμπροσθεν αυτών
Romans 12:2
- KJV: And be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind that ye may prove what that good and acceptable and perfect will of God
- GK: και μη συσχηματίζεσθε τω αιώνι τούτω αλλά μεταμορφούσθε τη ανακαινώσει του νοός υμών εις το δοκιμάζειν υμάς τι το θέλημα του θεού το αγαθόν και ευάρεστον και τέλειον
2 Corinthians 3:18
- KJV: But 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 as by the Spirit of the Lord
- GK: ημείς δε πάντες ανακεκαλυμμένω προσώπω την δόξαν κυρίου κατοπτριζόμενοι την αυτήν εικόνα μεταμορφούμεθα από δόξης εις δόξαν καθάπερ από κυρίου πνεύματος