Greek verb · G3339
μεταμορφόω
metamorphoomet-am-or-fo'-o
to transform
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: metamorphóō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3339is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3339
to transform (literally or figuratively, "metamorphose")
The King James renders it: change, transfigure, transform.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
metamorphoo is rendered "to transform". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 17:2There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
Matthew 17:2μετεμορφώθη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's four uses is in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- He was transfigured2
- are being transformed into1
- do be transformed1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| μετά | meta | with/after | Uses461 |
| μετανοέω | metanoeo | to repent | Uses34 |
| μετάνοια | metanoia | repentance | Uses22 |
| μεταβαίνω | metabaino | to depart | Uses12 |
| μεταξύ | metaxy | between/meanwhile | Uses9 |
| μεταπέμπω | metapempo | to summon | Uses9 |
| μεταλαμβάνω | metalambano | to partake | Uses7 |
| μετατίθημι | metatithemi | to transport | Uses6 |
| μεταμέλλομαι | metamellomai | to repent | Uses6 |
| μεταδίδωμι | metadidomi | to share | Uses5 |
| μετασχηματίζω | metaschematizo | to transform | Uses5 |
| μετακαλέω | metakaleo | to summon | Uses4 |
and 8 more on the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μετεμορφώθη2
- μεταμορφούμεθα1
- μεταμορφοῦσθε1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-API-3S
- verb · present passive, indicative · 1st person plural1V-PPI-1P
- verb · present passive, command · 2nd person plural1V-PPM-2P
Matthew
one use
There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
- μετεμορφώθηmetemorphotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was transfigured
Mark
one use
After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was transfigured before them.
- μετεμορφώθηmetemorphotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was transfigured
Romans
one use
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
- μεταμορφοῦσθεmetamorphoustheverb · present passive, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do be transformed
2 Corinthians
one use
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- μεταμορφούμεθαmetamorphoumethaverb · present passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: are being transformed into
Where it leads
On this page
Studies1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.