Quick Definition
μεταλλάσσω v. I change, transform, alter
Strong's Definition
to exchange
Derivation: from G3326 (μετά) and G236 (ἀλλάσσω);
KJV Usage: change
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. μετήλλαξα | ἀλλάσσω
57.142 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Exchange
to exchange, to substitute to exchange one thing for another In rendering μεταλλάσσω in ROM 1:25 it is essential to avoid anything which might mean ‘to change something into.’ It is the substitution of one thing for another; hence, ‘exchange’ rather than ‘change’ is the correct gloss.
68.50 · Aspect · Cease, Stop
to cease and to start, to exchange to cease one activity and to start something else in exchange
1 μεταλλάσσω[a] may focus somewhat more emphatically than ἀλλάσσω[b] on the substitution of one thing for another.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μετ-αλλάσσω: 1 aor. μετήλλαξα; fr. Hdt. down; [not in Sept., yet nine times in 2 Macc.; also 1 Esdr. i. 31]; to exchange, change, [ef. pera, III. 2]: τὶ ἔν τινι, one thing with (for) another (on this constr. see ἀλλάσσω), Ro. i. 25; τὶ eis τι, one thing into another, Ro. i. 26.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μεταλλάσσω metallassō 2x
to exchange, change for or into, transmute, Rom. 1:25, 26*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μετ-αλλάσσω,
[in LXX: Es 2:7 (מוּת), Es 2:20, I Es 1:31, II Mac9*;]
to exchange: τ. ἀλήθειαν . . . ἐν τ. ψεύδει, the truth for a lie (v. Bl., § 36, 8), Ro 1:25.
to change: c. acc. seq. εἰς, Ro 1:26 (ἀλλάσσω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μεταλλάσσω. From the meaning ““exchange”’ its only occurrences in the NT (Rom If), the transition is easy to “exchange by leaving,” ‘‘quit,” and hence the common μεταλλάσσω βίον -- “1 die,” e.g. P Par 2214 (B.C. 165) μετήλλαχεν τὸν βίον, OG/S 32615 (ii/B.c.) μεταλλάσσων τὸν βίον ἐν ΤΤεργάμωι προενοήθη τῆς συνόδου. The use of μεταλλάσσω alone in this sense is perhaps still more common in our sources, e.g. BGU IV. 11488 (8.6. 13) τῶι μετηλλαχότι αὐτῆ(ς) ἀνδρὶ ᾿Ισιδώρωι, P Oxy X. 128218 (A.D. 83) ὑπὸ τοῦ γενομένου καὶ μετηλλαχότος τῆς Θνᾶτος ἀνδρός, ‘by the former husband, now deceased, of Thnas”” (Edd.), P Ryl II. 1089 (A.p. 110-11) ἀπὸ κληρον[οἹμίας τῆς μετηλλαχυίης ἡμῶν μη(τρὸς) ΕἸ ὐδαιμονίδ(ος), ““ from the inheritance of our deceased mother Eudaemonis,” P Oxy ΠῚ. 477" (A.D. 132-3) 4 μ[ετήλλαχεν, “ who is dead,” and Syl 731 (τ 5 1103)! (c. B.C. 200) δέδωκεν δὲ Kal τοῖς μετα[λλ]άξασιν τὸ ταφικὸν παραχρῆμα. which this verb has in
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μεταλλάσσω (metallassō) — to exchange. μεταλλάσσω, Attic dialect μεταλλάττω, perfect μετήλλᾰχα and irregular μετήλλᾰγα (see. below):—passive, irregular aorist 2 infinitive μεταλλάγειν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—change, alter, θέσμια [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πότμος.. μ. φύσιν[NT+5th c.BC+]; τὰς τύχας ἑκατέρων μετήλλαξαν interchanged them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. exchange,
II.1. take in exchange, adopt, assume, ὀρνίθων μεταλλάξας φύσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τόπον go into a new country, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. διάφορα βρώματα to have varieties of food, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— middle, μεταλλάσσεσθαι χιτῶνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. exchange by leaving, quit, μ. τὸν βίον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ζῆν μ. νόσῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ μετηλλαχότες the dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect μεταλλαχώς [Refs]; μεταλλαγότων (sic) [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. intransitive, undergo a change, change, [Refs 5th c.BC+] M.: with genitive, change from, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. substitute, transfer, τινὰς εἰς τήν τινων χώραν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
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Exchanged (3337) metallasso