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μεταβολή (metabolē)

metabolē

revolt

G8294 · Greek · New Testament · 0 verses

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Koine Greek
Testament
New Testament
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0 verses
Root
—

Definition

Definition

1. a change, changing , (Pindar)
2. exchange, barter, traffic , (Thucydides)
3. (from Mid.) a transition, change , and in plural changes, vicissitudes , (Herdotus Historicus):—;with genitive change from a thing, μ. κακῶν (Euripides); rarely change to . . , μ. ἀπραγμοσύνης (Thucydides); but this is generally expressed by a preposition, ἅμα τῇ μ. ἐς Ἕλληνας their going over to the Greeks, (Herdotus Historicus); ἡ ἐναντία μ. change to the contrary, (Thucydides)
4. μ. τῆς ἡμέρης an eclipse , (Herdotus Historicus)
5. μ. πολιτείας change of government, a revolution , (Thucydides)
6. as military term, a wheeling about , (Polybius Historicus); metaphorically of a speaker, (Aeschines Orator) (ML)