Metamorphóō — G3339

Definition

verb

to transform (literally or figuratively, "metamorphose")

1. of Christians
2. used of the change of moral character for the better
3. Lucian, as. 11.)

Usually translated as

change, transfigure, transform

Origin

from G3326 and G3445

• metá (G3326)
• morphóō (G3445)

Occurrences

Metamorphóō occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (1), Romans (1), 2 Corinthians (1)

• Matthew 17:2 — And was transfigured (μετεμορφώθη) before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
• Mark 9:2 — And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured (μετεμορφώθη) before them.
• Romans 12:2 — And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed (μεταμορφοῦσθε) by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
• 2 Corinthians 3:18 — But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed (μεταμορφούμεθα) into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.