variation

Greek Noun Female

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

variation

Greek Noun Female

παραλλ-ᾰγή, ἡ, passing from hand to hand, transmission, πυρὸς παραλλαγαί [Refs 4th c.BC+]; change of position, movement, τὸ τάχος τῆς π, of the sun's apparent motion, [Refs 1st c.BC+] b) Astrology texts, of a heavenly body, passing beyond the degree occupied by another, Antioch.Astr.in [Refs] 2) alternation, μυῶν παραλλαγαὶ καὶ νεύρων their alternate movements, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παραλλαγὰς τοῖς ποσὶν ἐποίουν, of dancers, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) distortion of the vertebrae, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; contortion, twisting, of wood, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 4) interchange, διανοίας πρὸς αἴσθησιν π. interchange of intellect and sense, putting one for the other, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. προσώπων, πτώσεως, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II) difference between things, ποιεῖν τινα π. εὐοσμίας καὶ ἀοσμίας [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μεγάλην ἔχειν π. [Refs 1st c.BC+] III) variety, variation, [NT+4th c.BC+]; change of meaning, παραλλαγῶν κατὰ σύμβολον γινομένων [Refs 3rd c.BC+] IV) frenzy, madness, ἐν π. γενέσθαι [LXX]; π. ψυχῆς perturbation of soul, [Refs 4th c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

transmutation (of phase or orbit), i.e. (figuratively) fickleness; variableness; from a compound of g3844 (παρά) and g236 (ἀλλάσσω)