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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Μεταμορφόω (Strong'S #3339 — Verb — metamorphoo — met-am-or-fo'-o )

is rendered "transformed" in  Romans 12:2 : see Transfigure.

2: Μετασχηματίζω (Strong'S #3345 — Verb — metaschematizo — met-askh-ay-mat-id'-zo )

in the Passive Voice is rendered "to be transformed" in the AV of  2—Corinthians 11:13,14,15 : see Fashion , C, No. 1.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( v. t.) To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

(2): ( v. t.) To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.

(3): ( v. i.) To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.

(4): ( v. t.) To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.

(5): ( v. t.) To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

trans - fôrm ´ (  Romans 12:2; the Revised Version (British and American)  2 Corinthians 3:18 for μεταμορφόομαι , metamorphóomai , and the King James Version  2 Corinthians 11:13 ,  2 Corinthians 11:14 ,  2 Corinthians 11:15 for μεταασχηματίζω , metaschēmatı́zō , the Revised Version (British and American) "fashion"): The commentaries often explain the former word as connoting a change of nature, while the latter refers only to the appearance, but this distinction is probably fanciful.