trans-foÌ‚rm´ (; the Revised Version (British and American) for μεταμοÏφοÌομαι, metamorphoÌomai, and the King James Version , , for μεταασχηματιÌζω, metascheÌ„matıÌzoÌ„, the Revised Version (British and American) “fashionâ€): The commentaries often explain the former word as connoting a change of nature, while the latter refers only to the appearance, but this distinction is probably fanciful.