UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: μορφόω

Sense 1: to become, to change, to be changed into, to be transformed

Semantic entry: 13.53

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Change of State

Definition: to change the essential form or nature of something

Notes: In a number of languages the equivalent of μεταμορφόομαι in RV ROM 12:2 · LV ROM 12:2 · Read together ROM 12:2 may be ‘become completely different’ or ‘become different from what you are.’

Forms: μεταμορφόομαι[a]

ROM 12:2: RV ROM 12:2 · LV ROM 12:2 · Read together ROM 12:2

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OET-RV ROM 12:2

2 Don’t conform to the norms of this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, then you’ll be able to accept and approve God’s good, pleasing, and perfect intentions.

OET-LV ROM 12:2

2 And not be _conforming to_ the _age this, but be _being _transformed by _the renewal of _the mind, in _order that to _be _approving you _all, what is the will of_ the _god, the good, and well _pleasing, and perfect.

CO2 3:18: RV CO2 3:18 · LV CO2 3:18 · Read together CO2 3:18

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OET-RV CO2 3:18

18 All of us who’ve had our faces unveiled are reflecting Yahweh’s greatness, and that same image transforms us from greatness to greatness. This comes from Yahweh who is the spirit.

OET-LV CO2 3:18

18 But we all having _been _unveiled in _face, the glory of_the_master reflecting, in _the same image we _are _being _transformed, from glory to glory, just _as from of_the_master, the_spirit.

Sense 2: to change in appearance

Semantic entry: 58.16

Semantic domains: Nature, Class, Example

Subdomains: Appearance as an Outward Manifestation of Form

Definition: to take on a different physical form or appearance

Notes: In some instances it may be more appropriate to render this expression in RV MRK 9:2 · LV MRK 9:2 · Read together MRK 9:2 as ‘as they watched, he appeared different.’

Forms: μεταμορφόομαι[b]

MAT 17:2: RV MAT 17:2 · LV MAT 17:2 · Read together MAT 17:2

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OET-RV MAT 17:2

2 and Yeshua was changed in front of them so that his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as the light.

OET-LV MAT 17:2

2 And he _was _transformed before them, and the face of _him shined as the sun, and the clothes of _him became white as the light.

MRK 9:2: RV MRK 9:2 · LV MRK 9:2 · Read together MRK 9:2

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OET-RV MRK 9:2

2 Six days later, Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) took Kefa (Peter; Grk. Petros) and Ya’akov (James; Grk. Yakobos) and Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes), and just the four of them went up onto a high hill. Then he was transformed right in front of their eyes

OET-LV MRK 9:2

2 And after six days, the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) is _taking the Petros and the Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) and the Yōannaʸs, and is _bringing_ them _up into a_ high _mountain by themselves alone.
And he _was _transformed before them,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μεταμορφόω

Form 1

Sense 1: to become, to change, to be changed into, to be transformed

Sense 2: to change in appearance