To transform
μετασχηματίζωStrong’s G3345metaschēmatizō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Metaschēmatizō is the Greek word usually translated “have applied”, “disguising themselves” and “masquerades”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.”
Meaning
Usually translated “have applied”, “disguising themselves” and “masquerades”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- i have applied 1
- disguising themselves 1
- masquerades 1
- masquerade 1
- will transform 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 3
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Philippians 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Corinthians 11:13For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 11:14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
- 2 Corinthians 11:15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
- Philippians 3:21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
Greek dictionary
μετασχηματίζω metaschēmatizō · to transform
μετα-σχηματίζω [in LXX: 4Ma.9:22 * ;] to change in fashion or appearance: with accusative of thing(s), τ. σῶμα, Php.3:21; mid., before εἰς, 2Co.11:13-14; before ὡς, 2Co.11:15; of a rhetorical device, to transfer by a fiction (Field, Notes, in l), before εἰς, 1Co.4:6.† SYN.: μεταμορφόω, q.v (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “transform” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRANSFORM', verb intransitive
To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.
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.