Quick Definition
μετασχηματίζω v. I change the outward appearance, transfigure, adapt
Strong's Definition
from 3326 and a derivative of 4976; to transfigure or disguise; figuratively, to apply (by accommodation)
KJV Usage: transfer, transform (self)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | σχῶ [ἔχω]
58.18 · Nature, Class, Example · Appearance as an Outward Manifestation of Form
to change, to change from one form into another to cause a change in the form of something
89.11 · Relations · Relations Involving Correspondences [Isomorphisms]
to apply to, to regard as applicable to to relate something to something else on the basis of certain correspondences
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μετα-σχηματίζω : fut. μετασχηματίσω [cf. B. 37 (32)]; 1 aor. μετεσχημάτισα; Mid. pres. μετασχηματίζομαι; to change the figure of, to transform, [see μετά, 111. 2]: ri, Phil. iii. 21 [see below]; mid. foll. by εἴς τινα, to transform one’s self into some one, to assume one’s appearance, 2 Co. xi. 13 sq.; foll. by ὥς τις, so as to have the appearance of some one, 2 Co. xi. 15; μετασχηματίζω τι εἴς τινα, to shape one’s discourse so as to transfer to one’s self what holds true of the whole class to which one belongs, i. e. so as to illustrate by what one says of himself what holds true of all: 1 Co. iv. 6, where the meaning is, ‘by what I have said of myself and Apollos, I have shown what holds true of all Christian teachers.’ (4 Mace. ix. 22; Plat. legg. 10 p. 903 e.; [Aristot. de caelo 3, 1 p- 298°, 31, etc.]; Joseph. antt. 7, 10, 5; 8,11,1; Plut. Ages. 14; def. orac. c. 30; [Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 11]; Sext. Empir. 10, p. 688 ed. Fabric. [p. 542, 23 ed. Bekk.].)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μετασχηματίζω metaschēmatizō 5x
to remodel, transfigure, Phil. 3:21; mid. to transform one’s self, 2 Cor. 11:13, 14, 15; to transfer an imagination, 1 Cor. 4:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** μετα-σχηματίζω,
[in LXX: IV Mac 9:22*;]
to change in fashion or appearance: c. acc. rei, τ. σῶμα, Phl 3:21; mid., seq. εἰς, II Co 11:13, 14; seq. ὡς, II Co 11:15; of a rhetorical device, to transfer by a fiction (Field, Notes, in l.), seq. εἰς, I Co 4:6.†
SYN.: μεταμορφόω, q.v.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μετασχηματίζω. For the meaning ‘‘ refashion, change the outward appearance of that which itself remains the same,’’ we may appeal to Pretsigke 51741° (A.D. 512), where, in connexion with the purchase of an hermitage, power is given—kaleXety, ἀνοικοδομεῖν, μετασχηματίζειν, ἐν ola βούλεται ὄψει καὶ διαθέσει : similarly 20. 517512 (A.D. 513) and P Mon 13% (A.D. 594) πωλεῖν καὶ μεταπωλεῖν καὶ μετασχηματίζειν. The passages, though late, are important in connexion with the interpretation of Phil 351: see also Field Wo/es p. 169 f. for the meaning of 1 Cor 4°. To the exx. of the verb from profane sources add Diod. Sic. ii. 57, where it is used in connexion with the dividing up of the root-forms of the letters of the alphabet: cf. Gardthausen Pa/acographic, pp. 41, 263. Cf. also Iamblichus de A/yst. 3, 28, and see further »» ες
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μετασχηματίζω (metaschēmatizō) — to transform. μετασχημᾰτ-ίζω, change the form of a person or thing, [NT+5th c.BC+]; of a building, [Refs 6th c.AD+]:—middle, with Attic dialect future -ιοῦμαι, change one's form, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; disguise oneself, [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be changed in form, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of grammatical change, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. μ. τι εἰς ἐμαυτόν transfer as in a figure, [NT]
III. change the posture of, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV. of stars and planets, in passive, change their configuration, πρὸς ἀλλήλους [Refs 4th c.AD+]