μετασχηματίζω metaschēmatizō · G3345
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)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
μετασχημᾰτ-ίζω, ; change the form of a person or thing, []; of a building, []:—middle, with Attic dialect future -ιοῦμαι, change one's form, []; disguise oneself, []:—passive, to be changed in form, []; of grammatical change, []; II μ. τι εἰς ἐμαυτόν transfer as in a figure, []; III change the posture of, []; IV of stars and planets, in passive, change their configuration, πρὸς ἀλλήλους []
Where it's used 5 times
1 Corinthians 4:6 · 2 Corinthians 11:13 · 2 Corinthians 11:14 · 2 Corinthians 11:15 · Philippians 3:21
Source: TBESG G3345; TFLSJ G3345
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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