Strong G3883παραλλαγή

variation

Transliteration
parallagē
Pronunciation
par-al-lag-ay'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From a compound of G3844 and G236; transmutation (of phase or orbit) that is (figuratively) fickleness: - variableness.

Detailed definition

παρ-αλλαγή, -ῆς, ἡ
(παραλλάσσω), [in LXX: 4Ki.9:20 (שִׁגָּעוֹן)*;]
in various senses (LS, see word), change: Jas.1:17.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3883 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • variableness1

First verses

  1. James 1:17
    Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παραλλ-ᾰγή, ἡ,
passing from hand to hand, transmission, πυρὸς παραλλαγαί [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 490)]; change of position, movement, τὸ τάχος τῆς π., of the sun's apparent motion, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.3.10.)]
b Astrology texts, of a heavenly body, passing beyond the degree occupied by another, Antioch.Astr.in [Refs (“Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(3).113.)]
2 alternation, μυῶν παραλλαγαὶ καὶ νεύρων their alternate movements, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 30)]; παραλλαγὰς τοῖς ποσὶν ἐποίουν, of dancers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 36.)]
3 distortion of the vertebrae, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 48)]; contortion, twisting, of wood, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.1.12 (_plural_).)]
4 interchange, διανοίας πρὸς αἴσθησιν π. interchange of intellect and sense, putting one for the other, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 196c)]; π. προσώπων, πτώσεως, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 110.3, “Synt.” 214.9.)]
II difference between things, ποιεῖν τινα π. εὐοσμίας καὶ ἀοσμίας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.6.5; μεγάλας τὰς π. ποιεῖσθαι περί τι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.7.5)]; μεγάλην ἔχειν π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.37, compare 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.1.5; ἡ π. βραχεῖα 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 2.5; ἡ π. ἡ [τοῦ ἀνθρώπου] πρὸς τὰ ἄλογα 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.8.3; κάλλους πρὸς αἶσχος [prev. work] 2.23.32.)]
III variety, variation, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.3.2; μεγεθῶν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.15U. (_plural_), +others, compare 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.182, NT.Jam.1.17, 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.7; γραμμῶν καὶ γωνιῶν “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 63)]; change of meaning, παραλλαγῶν κατὰ σύμβολον γινομένων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.258, compare 3.33.)]
IV frenzy, madness, ἐν π. γενέσθαι [LXX (LXX.4Ki.9.20)]; π. ψυχῆς perturbation of soul, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 25.111.)]