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verb

Greekμετατρέπω (metatrepō)
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metatrepomō

Strong’sG3344

I turn, change, corrupt, pervert

stem metatrep-once 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.

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.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
μετα-στρέφω,
aorist passive -εστρέφθην Refs 8th c.BC+:— turn about, turn round, τῶ κε Ποσειδάων.. αἶψα μεταστρέψειε νόον Refs 8th c.BC+: —middle, μεταστρέφεσθαι πρὸς τὸ μαλθακώτερον Refs 5th c.BC+:— passive, turn oneself about, turn about, whether to face the enemy, στῆ δὲ μεταστρεφθείς Refs 8th c.BC+; or to flee, τῷ δὲ μεταστρεφθέντι μεταφρένῳ ἐν δόρυ πῆξεν Refs 8th c.BC+; simply, turn round, Refs 5th c.BC+; turn about (to see if any one follows), Refs 5th c.BC+; recur, ἐπὶ τὰ προειρημένα Refs 5th c.BC+
2 turn round, retort, αἰτίας Refs 4th c.BC+
3 twist or turn all ways, πάντα μεταστρέφοντα λόγον βασανίζειν Refs 5th c.BC+; turn upside down, ἅπαντα μ. τύχη Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, τἄνω κάτω ὁ βίος μεταστραφείς Refs 4th c.BC+
4 misrepresent, [δικαιοσύνης καὶ ἀδικίας] τὴν δύναμιν Refs 5th c.BC+: generally, change, alter, τὸ δίκαιον οὐκ ἔστι μεταστρέψαι Refs 4th c.BC+; invert, τὰ τοῦ Ξενοφάνους Refs:—passive, ὁρᾷς γὰρ τἄμ᾽ ὅσῳ μετεστράφη how my fortunes are changed, Refs 5th c.BC+
5 ἀντὶ τοῦ ἰῶτα ἦτα μ. use one for another, Refs 5th c.BC+
II intransitive, turn another way, change one's ways, ἦ τι μεταστρέψει; Refs 8th c.BC+aorist participle μεταστρέψας contrariwise, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 turn so as to punish or avenge, of the gods, μή τι μεταστρέψωσιν ἀγασσάμενοι κακὰ ἔργα Refs 8th c.BC+ (unless transitive, turn back (upon the sinners),Refs
II.3 with genitive, care for, regard, 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.

turned1×

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 itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
metatrepitarμετατραπήτωhappened · he/she/itaorist passive imperative 3rd person singularturned1×

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

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularmetatrepomōmetatrepomemetatrepomēmetatrepomelē
you 2nd person singularmetatreposōmetatreposemetatreposēmetatreposelē
he/she/it 3rd person singularmetatrepotōmetatrepotemetatrepotēmetatrepotelē
we 1st person pluralmetatreponōmetatreponemetatreponēmetatreponelē
ye 2nd person pluralmetatrepovōmetatrepovemetatrepovēmetatrepovelē
they 3rd person pluralmetatrepolōmetatrepolemetatrepolēmetatrepolelē

acted on passive voice

Who personwill happen futurehappened aorist
I 1st person singularmetatrepimimetatrepima
you 2nd person singularmetatrepisimetatrepisa
he/she/it 3rd person singularmetatrepitimetatrepita
we 1st person pluralmetatrepinimetatrepina
ye 2nd person pluralmetatrepivimetatrepiva
they 3rd person pluralmetatrepilimetatrepila
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singularmetatrepomeiōmetatrepomeiē
you 2nd person singularmetatreposeiōmetatreposeiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularmetatrepoteiōmetatrepoteiē
we 1st person pluralmetatreponeiōmetatreponeiē
ye 2nd person pluralmetatrepoveiōmetatrepoveiē
they 3rd person pluralmetatrepoleiōmetatrepoleiē

acted on passive voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singularmetatrepimeia
you 2nd person singularmetatrepiseia
he/she/it 3rd person singularmetatrepiteia
we 1st person pluralmetatrepineia
ye 2nd person pluralmetatrepiveia
they 3rd person pluralmetatrepileia
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularmetatreposōrmetatreposēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularmetatrepotōrmetatrepotēr
ye 2nd person pluralmetatrepovōrmetatrepovēr
they 3rd person pluralmetatrepolōrmetatrepolēr

acted on passive voice

Who personhappened aorist
you 2nd person singularmetatrepisar
he/she/it 3rd person singularmetatrepitar1×μετατραπήτω
ye 2nd person pluralmetatrepivar
they 3rd person pluralmetatrepilar
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singularmetatrepomoiō
you 2nd person singularmetatreposoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singularmetatrepotoiō
we 1st person pluralmetatreponoiō
ye 2nd person pluralmetatrepovoiō
they 3rd person pluralmetatrepoloiō

acted on passive voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singularmetatrepimoia
you 2nd person singularmetatrepisoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularmetatrepitoia
we 1st person pluralmetatrepinoia
ye 2nd person pluralmetatrepivoia
they 3rd person pluralmetatrepiloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voicemetatreporōmetatreporē
acted on passive voicemetatrepirimetatrepira
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voicemetatreporōntosmetatreporēntos
acted on passive voicemetatrepirintosmetatrepirantos

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+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

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

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