Metamorphoō

Metamorphoō (μεταμορφόω) — A compound Greek verb joining meta (change, beyond) and morphē (the essential, unchangeable underlying nature of a thing). Where metaschematizō modifies the outward costume, metamorphoō reconstructs what’s underneath — an organic transformation of essence driven from the inside out, from which we derive the English word metamorphosis. It describes Christ’s divine nature breaking through His physical appearance at the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:2), and stands as the ultimate fruit of a mind genuinely renovated by metanoia.

See also: The Mask and the Metamorphosis