- μετασχηματίζω
- μετασχηματίζω fut. μετασχηματίσω; 1 aor. μετεσχημάτισα.① to change the form of someth., transform, change (Pla., Leg. 10 p. 903e; 906c; Aristot., De Caelo 3, 1 p. 298b, 31; Plut., Ages. 603 [14, 2], Mor. 426e; 680a; Sext. Emp., Math. 10, 335; LXX; TestSol 20:13; TestJob; TestReub 5:6; Philo, Aet. M. 79; Jos., Ant. 7, 257; Chaeremon, Fgm. 20 D p. 34 H.; Theoph. Ant. 2, 6 [p. 108, 16]) μ. τὸ σῶμα τ. ταπεινώσεως ἡμῶν change our lowly body to be like the glorious body Phil 3:21 (cp. Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 80).—DHall, NTS, 40, ’94, 143–47, argues for this ‘normal’ use 1 Cor 4:6 and against the view in 3 below.② to feign to be what one is not, change/disguise oneself, mid. (Jos., Ant. 8, 267) abs. 2 Cor 11:15. W. εἴς τι into or as someth. (Diod S 3, 57, 5 εἰς ἀθανάτους φύσεις; 4 Macc 9:22; TestJob 17:2 εἰς βασιλέα τῶν Περσῶν) ὁ σατανᾶς εἰς ἄγγελον φωτός Satan disguises himself as an angel (fr. the realm) of light vs. 14 (cp. TestReub 5:6 the guardian angels μετεσχηματίζοντο εἰς ἄνδρα). Of the false apostles μετασχηματιζόμενοι εἰς ἀποστόλους Χριστοῦ who masquerade as apostles vs. 13 (JColson, JTS 17, 1916, 379ff; cp. Hippol., Ref. 10, 32, 5 οἱ αἱρεσιάρχοι ὁμοίοις λόγοις τὰ ὑπʼ ἐκείνων προειρημένα μετασχηματίσαντε).③ to show a connection or bearing of one thing on another, apply to. 1 Cor 4:6 is unique (for sim. usage s. σχηματίζειν and σχῆμα in Philostrat., Vi. Soph. 2, 17, 1; 2, 25, 1. In Ps.-Demetr., Eloc. 287; 292–94 σχηματίζειν means ‘say someth. with the aid of a figure of speech’; on the rhetorical features s. BFiore, Covert Illusion in 1 Cor 1–4: CBQ 47, ’85, 85–102; CClassen, WienerStud 107/8, ’94/95, 326f): ταῦτα μετεσχημάτισα εἰς ἐμαυτὸν κ. Ἀπόλλων I have applied this to Apollos and myself=I have given this teaching of mine the form of an exposition concerning Apollos and myself (s. Hall, 1 above).—New Docs 3, 76. DELG s.v. ἔχω. M-M. TW. Sv.
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