Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Change

Greek Word Pronunciation: al-LAS-oh
Strong’s Number: 236
Goodrich/Kohlenberger Number: 248
Key Verse: “… and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God …” -- Romans 1:23

This is a word that comes from allos, meaning “another of a different kind.” Allasso means “to make other than it is; to cause one thing to cease and another to take its place.” It appears only 6 times in the New Testament.

In Acts 6:14, at Stephen’s arrest, the Jews misrepresented Stephen’s comment, indicating Stephen had said that Jesus would alter the Mosaic customs, to introduce other customs in their place.

In 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, in reference to the Rapture, “we will all be changed.” Believers will undergo such a change as to fit them for their new abode in heaven.

In Galatians 4:20, Paul was expressing his wish to be physically present with the Galatian believers to “change” his tone, that is, from the severe sound in a letter, to a tender quality. He wants to change the manner, not the substance of his speech.

Hebrews 1:12 is in reference to the temporary nature of the world which “will also be changed.” Creation is now decaying, and this is contrasted with the immutability of Christ, Who never changes.

In our key verse, ROMANS 1:23, the reference is to idolaters who have “exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man.” Men willfully chose to make this exchange of God as an object of worship, for the idols they chose to worship. Matthew Henry said: “It was the greatest honor God did to man that He made man in the image of God; but it is the greatest dishonor man has done to God that he has made God in the image of man.”

11 comments:

Eduardo Flores-Sauceda said...

Hi Peggy. It's good to have geeks around. I also like words and speak in English and Spanish and I am always wondering what do we miss from not having greek as our maternal language when studying the Bible. I need help. I am studying 1 Co 15: 51 and 52 and I have this friend that says that the old body (that is our earthly body) is one and the new celestial body is another one: meaning that I could be with my new body standing in front of my old dead body. Now I think that allasso in 1 Co 15:51 and 52 means that the body has a fundamental change but not that it is exchanged by another one. Chapter 15 of 1 Co is talking about the gospel and the resurrection of the dead and then trying to respond to the question: with what body do are we going to be raised. That's why I believe it refers to our body. So, coming back to my question, I've been looking up allasso in some dictionaries and one of them says that there is a difference between metallasso and allasso in the way that the former means to exchange and the latter to have a fundamental change. What is your comment on this. Thanks for lighting up the world.

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i want t know the history behind the word change

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Hello, "Anonymous" -- yes, I'm on Twitter, @flyingfurranch.
I'm afraid there won't be anymore of the Greek word studies posts, though. I did 100 of those studies for our church bulletin between 2002 and 2007, total 100. Then stopped and went on to other things.
Thanks for your encouragement!

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