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To change

ἀλλάσσωStrong’s G0236

allassō

Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament

In short

Allassō is the Greek word usually translated “change”, “changed” and “we will be changed”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.

“For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.”
Acts 6:14 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “change”, “changed” and “we will be changed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • will change 1
  • they changed 1
  • we will be changed 1
  • will be changed 1
  • to change 1
  • they will be changed 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Corinthians 2
  • Acts 1
  • Romans 1
  • Galatians 1
  • Hebrews 1

5 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἀλλάσσω allassō · to change

ἀλλάσσω (ἄλλος), [in LXX chiefly for חָלַף, מוּר hi., etc. ;] 1. to change: Act.6:14, Gal.4:20. 2. to transform: 1Co.15:51-52, Heb.1:12. 3. to exchange: with accusative, before ἐν (= בְּ, Psa.106:20) instead of simple genitive (Bl., § 36, 8), Rom.1:23 (cf. ἀπ-, δι-, κατ-, ἀπο-κατ-, μετ-, συν-αλλάσσω; see MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “change” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CHANGE, verb transitive

  1. To cause to turn or pass from one state to another; to alter, or make different; to vary in external form, or in essence; as, to change the color or shape of a thing; to change the countenance; to change the heart or life.
  2. To put one thing in the place of another; to shift; as, to change the clothes“Be clean and change your garments” Genesis 35:2
  3. To quit one thing or state for another; followed by for; as, persons educated in a particular religion do not readily change it for another.
  4. To give and take reciprocally; as, will you change conditions with me?
All definitions and other forms of “change”
  1. To barter; to exchange goods; as, to change a coach for a chariot.
  2. To quit, as one place for another; as, to change lodgings.
  3. To give one kind of money for another; to alter the form or kind of money, by receiving the value in a different kind, as to change bank notes for silver; or to give pieces of a larger denomination for an equivalent in pieces of smaller denomination, as to change an eagle for dollars, or a sovereign for sixpences, or to change a dollar into cents; or on the other hand, to change dollars for or into eagles, giving money of smaller denomination for larger.
  4. To become acid or tainted; to turn from a natural state of sweetness and purity; as, the wine is changed; thunder and lightning are said to change milk.

CHANGE, verb intransitive

  1. To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better, often for the worse.
  2. To pass the sun, as the moon in its orbit; as, the moon will change the 14th of this month.

CHANGE, noun

  1. Any variation or alteration in form, state, quality, or essence; or a passing from one state or form to another; as a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles.
  2. A succession of one thing in the place of another; vicissitude; as a change of seasons; a change of objects on a journey; a change of scenes.
  3. A revolution; as a change of government.
  4. A passing by the sun, and the beginning of a new monthly revolution; as a change of the moon.
  5. A different state by removal; novelty; variety.
  6. Alteration in the order of ringing bells; variety of sounds.
  7. That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another.
  8. Small coins of money, which may be given for larger pieces.
  9. The balance of money paid beyond the price of goods purchased.
  10. The dissolution of the body; death.“All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come” Job 14:14
  11. change for exchange, a place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.
  12. In arithmetic, permutation; variation of numbers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.