verb

metatrepimō

Greekμετατρέπω (metatrepō)

Strong’sG3344

I turn, change, corrupt, pervert

stem metatrep-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

turned1×

What it means

μετα-τρέπω,

[in LXX: IV Mac 6:5 7:3, 12 15:11, 18*;]

to turn about, turn (Hom., al., but not found in Att.): c. acc., Ja 4:9 (WH, txt.; cf. μεταστρέφω).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3344 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmet-as-tref'-o

to turn across, i.e. transmute or (figuratively) corrupt

Fromfrom G3326 and G4762;

King Jamespervert, turn.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
metatrepitarμετατραπήτω	happened · he/she/itaorist passive imperative 3rd person singular	turned	1×

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, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	metatrepimō	metatrepime	metatrepimi	metatrepima	metatrepimē	metatrepimelē
you 2nd person singular	metatrepisō	metatrepise	metatrepisi	metatrepisa	metatrepisē	metatrepiselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	metatrepitō	metatrepite	metatrepiti	metatrepita	metatrepitē	metatrepitelē
we 1st person plural	metatrepinō	metatrepine	metatrepini	metatrepina	metatrepinē	metatrepinelē
ye 2nd person plural	metatrepivō	metatrepive	metatrepivi	metatrepiva	metatrepivē	metatrepivelē
they 3rd person plural	metatrepilō	metatrepile	metatrepili	metatrepila	metatrepilē	metatrepilelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	metatrepimeiō	metatrepimeia	metatrepimeiē
you 2nd person singular	metatrepiseiō	metatrepiseia	metatrepiseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	metatrepiteiō	metatrepiteia	metatrepiteiē
we 1st person plural	metatrepineiō	metatrepineia	metatrepineiē
ye 2nd person plural	metatrepiveiō	metatrepiveia	metatrepiveiē
they 3rd person plural	metatrepileiō	metatrepileia	metatrepileiē

Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	metatrepisōr	metatrepisar	metatrepisēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	metatrepitōr	metatrepitar1×μετατραπήτω	metatrepitēr
ye 2nd person plural	metatrepivōr	metatrepivar	metatrepivēr
they 3rd person plural	metatrepilōr	metatrepilar	metatrepilēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	metatrepimoiō	metatrepimoia
you 2nd person singular	metatrepisoiō	metatrepisoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	metatrepitoiō	metatrepitoia
we 1st person plural	metatrepinoiō	metatrepinoia
ye 2nd person plural	metatrepivoiō	metatrepivoia
they 3rd person plural	metatrepiloiō	metatrepiloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acted on passive voice	metatrepirō	metatrepiri	metatrepira	metatrepirē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acted on passive voice	metatrepirōtos	metatrepiritos	metatrepiratos	metatrepirētos

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

metatrepstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

metatrep 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

metatrepitar“turned”happened · he/she/itaorist passive imperative 3rd person singular1×

James 4:9“turned”talaipōravar kai penthavar kai klaiavar; tos gelōtos vu eis penthem metatrepitar kai tas charas eis katēfeian;Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.