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Variation

παραλλαγήStrong’s G3883

parallagē

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Parallagē is the Greek word usually translated “variation”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“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.”
James 1:17 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “variation”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • variation 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • James 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    παραλλαγή parallagē · variation

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

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “variation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    VARIA'TION, noun

    [Latin variatio. See Vary.]

    1. Alteration; a partial change in the form, position, state or qualities of the same thing; as a variation of color in different lights; a variation in the size of a plant from day to day; the unceasing, though slow variation of language; a variation in a soil from year to year.
    2. Difference; change from one to another.
    3. In grammar, change of termination of nouns and adjectives, constituting what is called case, number and gender; as the variation of words.
    4. Deviation; as a variation of a transcript from the original.
    All definitions
    1. In astronomy, the variation of the moon is the third inequality in her motion; by which, when out of the quadratures, her true place differs from her place twice equated.
    2. In geography and navigation, the deviation of the magnetic needle from the true north point; called also declination.
    3. In music, the different manner of singing or playing the same air or tune, by subdividing the notes into several others of less value, or by adding graces, yet so that the tune itself may be discovered through all its embellishments.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.