Topic
Change
35 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 31:7ISBE
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
- Genesis 31:41ISBE
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
- Genesis 45:22ISBE
To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
- Leviticus 13:16ISBE
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
- Judges 14:12ISBE
¶ And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
- Judges 14:13ISBE
But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.
- Judges 14:19ISBE
¶ And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
- 1 Samuel 21:13ISBE
And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
- 1 Kings 5:14ISBE
And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
- 2 Kings 24:17ISBE
¶ And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- Job 10:17ISBE
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
- Job 14:14ISBE
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Show 23 more
- Job 17:12 ISBE
- Psalms 102:26 ISBE
- Psalms 106:20 ISBE
- Isaiah 24:5 ISBE
- Jeremiah 2:11 ISBE
- Jeremiah 13:23 ISBE
- Daniel 2:21 ISBE
- Daniel 7:28 ISBE
- Hosea 4:7 ISBE
- Habakkuk 1:11 ISBE
- Malachi 3:6 ISBE
- Acts 6:14 ISBE
- Acts 28:6 ISBE
- Romans 1:23 ISBE
- Romans 1:25 ISBE
- Romans 1:26 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 15:51 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 15:52 ISBE
- Philippians 3:21 ISBE
- Hebrews 1:12 ISBE
- Hebrews 7:12 ISBE
- 2 Peter 3:10 ISBE
- 2 Peter 3:12 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 35 references
chanj: A word which seeks to express the many shades of meaning contained in 13 variations of 9 Hebrew words and 5 Greek. These signify, in turn, "to change" "to exchange," "to turn," "to put or place," "to make other" i.e. "alter," "to disguise oneself." chalaph, and its derivatives, occuring often, indicates "to pass away," hence, alter, renew, e.g.:
(1) "changes of raiment" (Ge 45:22; Jud 14:12,13,19);
(2) "changed my wages ten times" (Ge 31:7,41);
(3) heavens changed "as a vesture" (Ps 102:26);
(4) "changes and warfare" (Job 10:17), i.e. relays of soldiers as illustrated in 1Ki 5:14 (the Revised Version, margin "host after host is against me");
(5) "till my change come" (the Revised Version (British and American) "release"), i.e. death (Job 14:14);
(6) "changed the ordinances" (the American Standard Revised Version "violated the statutes"), i.e. disregarded law (Isa 24:5);
(7) change of mind (Hab 1:11 the King James Version). Used also of change of character, haphakh:
(1) of leprosy, "changed unto white" (Le 13:16);
(2) figuratively of the moral life, "Can the Ethiopian change his skin?" (Jer 13:23); so also mur, and derivatives, "changed their gods" and "their glory," etc. (Ps 106:20; Jer 2:11; Ho 4:7).
Other words used to indicate change of name (2Ki 24:17); of day and night (Job 17:12); of times and seasons (Da 2:21); of countenance. (Da 7:28); of behavior (1Sa 21:13); God's unchangeableness, "I, Yahweh, change not" (Mal 3:6).
In the New Testament the word has to do chiefly with spiritual realities:
(1) metatithemi, of the necessary change of the priesthood and law under Christ (Heb 7:12);
(2) allatto, of His changing the customs of Moses (Ac 6:14);
(3) of moral change, e.g. debasement (Ro 1:23,25,26);
(4) of bodily change at the resurrection (1Co 15:51,52; metaschematizo, Php 3:21 the King James Version);
(5) metaballo, of change of mind in presence of a miracle (Ac 28:6);
(6) of the change to come over the heavens at the great day of the Lord (Heb 1:12; compare 2Pe 3:10,12).
Figurative uses indicated separately in the course of the article.
Dwight M. Pratt
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.