Word study · Greek
metamorphoō
to transform
Say it: meh-tah-mor-FOH-oh (approximate)
μεταμορφόω
What it means
To change form. Mark says Jesus was "transfigured" before Peter, James, and John (9:2), shown for a moment as he really is. It is the word from which "metamorphosis" comes.
Range of meaning
- Change outward formAs on the mountain.
- Be transformed inwardlyAs in Paul's letters.
In Mark
- Chapter 9
"He was transfigured before them" (9:2).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G3339 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources