Definition

to transform (literally or figuratively, "metamorphose")

Etymology

from G3326 (μετά) and G3445 (μορφόω);

Word family

• μετά metá
• μορφόω morphóō

How the KJV renders it

• change
• transfigure
• transform

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.