verb
metallaxamō
Strong’sG3337
I change, transform, alter
stem metallax-2 times in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
μετ-αλλάσσω,
[in LXX: Es 2:7 (מוּת), Es 2:20, I Es 1:31, II Mac9*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3337 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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. φύσινNT+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+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| metallaxalaμετήλλαξαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | exchanged | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | metallaxamō | metallaxame | metallaxami | metallaxama | metallaxamē | metallaxamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | metallaxasō | metallaxase | metallaxasi | metallaxasa | metallaxasē | metallaxaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metallaxatō | metallaxate | metallaxati | metallaxata | metallaxatē | metallaxatelē |
| we 1st person plural | metallaxanō | metallaxane | metallaxani | metallaxana | metallaxanē | metallaxanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | metallaxavō | metallaxave | metallaxavi | metallaxava | metallaxavē | metallaxavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | metallaxalō | metallaxale | metallaxali | metallaxala2×μετήλλαξαν | metallaxalē | metallaxalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | metallaxameiō | metallaxameia | metallaxameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | metallaxaseiō | metallaxaseia | metallaxaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metallaxateiō | metallaxateia | metallaxateiē |
| we 1st person plural | metallaxaneiō | metallaxaneia | metallaxaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | metallaxaveiō | metallaxaveia | metallaxaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | metallaxaleiō | metallaxaleia | metallaxaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | metallaxasōr | metallaxasar | metallaxasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metallaxatōr | metallaxatar | metallaxatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | metallaxavōr | metallaxavar | metallaxavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | metallaxalōr | metallaxalar | metallaxalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | metallaxamoiō | metallaxamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | metallaxasoiō | metallaxasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metallaxatoiō | metallaxatoia |
| we 1st person plural | metallaxanoiō | metallaxanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | metallaxavoiō | metallaxavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | metallaxaloiō | metallaxaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | metallaxarō | metallaxari | metallaxara | metallaxarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | metallaxarōntos | metallaxarintos | metallaxarantos | metallaxarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
metallax is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
metallaxala“exchanged”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural2×
Romans 1:25hotinois metallaxala tan alētheian tou theou en te …They exchanged the truth of God for a …
Romans 1:26… atimiau; tais tē gar thēluais autoiu metallaxala tan fusikan chrēsian eis tan para …… to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.