Dictionary entry

μετασχηματίζω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

** μετα-σχηματίζω,

[in LXX: IV Mac 9:22*;]

to change in fashion or appearance: c. acc. rei, τ. σῶμα, Phl 3:21; mid., seq. εἰς, II Co 11:13, 14; seq. ὡς, II Co 11:15; of a rhetorical device, to transfer by a fiction (Field, Notes, in l.), seq. εἰς, I Co 4:6.†

SYN.: μεταμορφόω, q.v.