Lexicon
ἀλλάσσω
allassō
G0236
G:V Greek

to change

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allasso denotes becoming altered or altering something, including persons, clothing, customs, glory, or a speaker’s tone.

The attested uses chiefly describe a future alteration of persons or clothing; they also describe actively altering what has been handed down or represented, and changing a speaker’s tone.

Senses in use

  1. Becoming altered · dominant

    In 1 Corinthians 15:51 and 1 Corinthians 15:52, the future passive plural form occurs in statements about people who will be changed, alongside sleep, resurrection, and incorruptibility. In Hebrews 1:12, the same future passive pattern concerns clothing that will be changed after being rolled up.

  2. Altering an established object or representation · common

    In Acts 6:14, the future active form is used of changing customs handed down by Moses. In Romans 1:23, the aorist active plural form occurs where glory is changed into the likeness of an image.

  3. Changing one’s tone · rare

    In Galatians 4:20, the aorist active infinitive is joined to a wish to be present and to change the speaker’s tone because of perplexity about the recipients.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “changed” in the clauses about persons, clothing, and glory, while it uses “change” for customs and a speaker’s tone. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the clauses’ overall presentation without assigning every English word directly to the lemma.

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