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natural circumstances were withheld, and the soul was susceptible only to the vision
imparted by God.
For
TRANQUIL,
1 Tim. 2:2
,
RV
, see
QUIET
, No. 1
For
TRANSFER
(in a figure) see
FASHION
, C, No. 1, and
FIGURE
,
Note
(2).
TRANSFIGURE
(
$
, 3339), “to change into another form” (
, implying
change, and
, “form:” see
FORM
, No. 1), is used in the passive voice (a) of
Christ’s “transfiguration,” Matt. 17:2; Mark 9:2; Luke (in 9:29) avoids this term, which
might have suggested to gentile readers the metamorphoses of heathen gods, and uses the
phrase
, “was altered”, lit., “became (
) different (
)”; (b) of
believers, Rom. 12:2, “be ye transformed,” the obligation being to undergo a complete
change which, under the power of God, will find expression in character and conduct;
lays stress on the inward change,
(see the preceding verb in that verse,
$
) lays stress on the outward (see
FASHION
, No. 3,
FORM
, No. 2); the present
continuous tenses indicate a process; 2 Cor. 3:18 describes believers as being
“transformed (
RV
) into the same image” (i.e., of Christ in all His moral excellencies), the
change being effected by the Holy Spirit.¶
TRANSFORM
1.
(
$
, 3339) is rendered “transformed” in Rom. 12:2: see
TRANSFIGURE
.
2.
(
&
, 3345) in the passive voice is rendered “to be
transformed” in the
KJV
of 2 Cor. 11:13, 14, 15: see
FASHION
, C, No. 1.
TRANSGRESS, TRANSGRESSION
A. Verbs.
1.
(
$ &
, 3845), lit., “to go aside” (
), hence “to go beyond,” is
chiefly used metaphorically of “transgressing” the tradition of the elders, Matt. 15:2; the
commandment of God, 15:3; in Acts 1:25, of Judas,
KJV
, “by transgression fell” (
RV
, “fell
away”); in 2 John 9 some texts have this verb (
KJV
, “transgresseth”), the best have
(see
GO
, No. 10).¶
2.
$
(
% $ &
, 5233), lit., “to go over” (
$
), used metaphorically and
rendered “transgress” in 1 Thess. 4:6 (
KJV
, “go beyond”), i.e., of “overstepping” the
limits separating chastity from licentiousness, sanctification from sin.¶.
3.
(
$!$
, 3928), “to come by” (
, “by,”
, “to
come”), “pass over,” and hence, metaphorically, “to transgress,” is so used in Luke
15:29. See
COME
, No. 9,
PASS
.
B. Nouns.
1.
(
$1
, 3847), akin to A, No. 1, primarily “a going aside,” then, “an
overstepping,” is used metaphorically to denote “transgression” (always of a breach of
law): (a) of Adam, Rom. 5:14; (b) of Eve, 1 Tim. 2:14; (c) negatively, where there is no
law, since “transgression” implies the violation of law, none having been enacted
between Adam’s “transgression” and those under the Law, Rom. 4:15; (d) of