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To exchange

μεταλλάσσωStrong’s G3337

metallassō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Metallassō is the Greek word usually translated “changed”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.”
Romans 1:25 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • changed 2

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

Where it's used most
  • Romans 2

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Greek dictionary

μεταλλάσσω metallassō · to exchange

μετ-αλλάσσω [in LXX: Est.2:7 (מוּת), Est.2:20, 1Es.1:31 Est.1:2 Mac.9 * ;] 1. to exchange: τ. ἀλήθειαν . . . ἐν τ. ψεύδει, the truth for a lie (see Bl., § 36, 8), Rom_1:25. 2. to change: with accusative before εἰς, Rom_1:26 (ἀλλάσσω).† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

EXCHANGE, verb transitive

  1. In commerce, to give one thing or commodity for another; to alienate or transfer the property of a thing and receive in compensation for it something of supposed equal value; to barter; and in vulgar language, to swap; to truck.
  2. To lay aside, quit or resign one thing, state or condition, and take another in the place of it; as, to exchange a crown for a cowl; to exchange a throne for a cell or a hermitage; to exchange a life of ease for a life of toil.
  3. To give and receive reciprocally; to give and receive in compensation the same thing.
  4. To give and receive the like thing; as to exchange thoughts; to exchange work; to exchange blows; to exchange prisoners.
All definitions and other forms of “exchange”

    EXCHANGE, noun

    In commerce, the act of giving one thing or commodity for another; barter; traffic by permutation, in which the thing received is supposed to be equivalent to the thing given.

    1. “Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses” Genesis 47:17
    2. The act of giving up or resigning one thing or state for another, without contract.
    3. The act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as an exchange of thoughts; an exchange of civilities.
    4. The contract by which one commodity is transferred to another for an equivalent commodity.
    5. The thing given in return for something received; or the thing received in return for what is given.
    6. The form of exchanging one debt or credit for another; or the receiving or paying of money in one place, for an equal sum in another, by order, draft or bill of exchange A in London is creditor to B in New York, and C in London owed D in New York a like sum.
    7. In mercantile language, a bill drawn for money is called exchange instead of a bill of exchange
    8. The course of exchange is the current price between two places, which is above or below par, or at par. exchange is at par, when a bill in New York for the payment of one hundred pounds sterling in London, can be purchased for one hundred pounds.
    9. In law, a mutual grant of equal interest, the one in consideration of the other.
    10. The place where the merchants, brokers and bankers of a city meet to transact business, at certain hours; often contracted into change.

    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.