Change (Noun and Verb)

"a transposition, or a transference from one place to another" (from meta, implying "change," and tithemi, "to put"), has the meaning of "change" in Heb 7:12, in connection with the necessity of a "change" of the Law (or, as margin, law), if the priesthood is changed (see B, No. 3). It is rendered "translation" in Heb 11:5, "removing" in Heb 12:27. See REMOVING, TRANSLATION.

"to make other than it is" (from allos, "another"), "to transform, change," is used (a) of the effect of the Gospel upon the precepts of the Law, Act 6:14; (b) of the effect, on the body of a believer, of Christ's return, 1Co 1:15-52; (c) of the final renewal of the material creation, Heb 1:12; (d) of a change in the Apostle's mode of speaking (or dealing), Gal 4:20. In Rom 1:23 it has its other meaning, "to exchange."

from meta, "implying change," and No. 1, "to change one thing for another, or into another," Rom 1:1-26, is translated "exchange" in Rom 1:25. See EXCHANGE.

"to place differently, to change," (akin to A, above), is said of priesthood, Heb 7:12. See CARRY, No. 5.

meta, as in No. 2, and ballo, "to throw," signifies "to turn quickly," or, in the Middle Voice, "to change one's mind," and is found in Act 28:6.

Notes: (1) In Phi 3:21, for the AV rendering of metaschematizo, "change," the RV has "fashion anew;" in 2Co 3:18 metamorphoo is rendered "change," in the AV (RV, "transform"). For metanoia, "a change of mind," see REPENTANCE.