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verb

Greekμεταβάλλομαι (metaballomai)
Biblang

metaballomō

Strong’sG3328

I change, change my mind

stem metaball-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

μετα-βάλλω,

[in LXX chiefly for הפךְ;]

to turn about, change. Pass. and mid., to turn oneself about; metaph., to change one's mind: Ac 28:6.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3328 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmet-ab-al'-lo

to throw over, i.e. (middle voice figuratively) to turn about in opinion

Fromfrom G3326 and G906;

King Jameschange mind.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
μεταβάλλω,
future - βᾰλῶ Refs 5th c.BC+aorist μετέβᾰλον:—throw into a different position, turn quickly or suddenly, Hom.only once, in tmesi, μετὰ νῶτα βαλών Refs 8th c.BC+; μ. γῆν turn, i.e. plough, the earth, LXX+5th c.BC+; μ. ποταμόν change the course of a river, Refs 4th c.AD+
II turn about, change, alter, τὸ οὔνομα Refs 5th c.BC+; [οἱ Βρίγες] τὸ οὔνομα μετέβαλον [ἐς Φρύγας] Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. δίαιταν change one's way of life, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. ὕδατα drink different water, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. εὔνοιαν lose it,Refs 5th c.BC+ change and adopt other ways, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἶδος καινὸν μουσικῆς μ. Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. ἀντὶ τοῦ ὁμο- ἀ-” Refs 5th c.BC+
II.b translate, νόμον εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα φωνήν Refs 1st c.AD+
II.c stir with a spoon, Refs 1st c.AD+
III intransitive, undergo a change, μ. ἐς εὐνομίην Refs 5th c.BC+ changes run through a series of creatures, Refs 4th c.BC+: with genitive of things, come in exchange for or instead of, καιναὶ καινῶν μεταβάλλουσαι.. συντυχίαι Refs 5th c.BC+
III.b vary, μεταβάλλειν τὰς ἐπιστήμας τοῖς τόποις Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 change one's course, μεταβαλὼν πρὸς Ἀθηναίους turning to the Athenians, Refs 5th c.BC+aorist participle μεταβαλών absolutely, instead, in turn, μεταβαλόντας ἀντὶ Κρητῶν γενέσθαι Ἰήπυγας Refs 5th c.BC+: also present participle μεταβάλλων Refs
B middle, turn round, shift a load, μεταβαλλόμενος τἀνάφορον Refs 5th c.BC+
B.2 cause to be removed, σῖτον Refs 3rd c.BC+
B.2.b order to be paid, remit, Refs 1st c.AD+
B.II change what is one's own, μ. τὰ ἱμάτια change one's clothes, Refs 5th c.BC+; μετεβάλλετ᾽ ὀπωπάν changed her appearance, Refs
B.II.2 exchange, τίς μεταβάλοιτ᾽ ἂν ὧδε σιγὰν λόγω; silence for words, Refs 5th c.BC+; [τὴν ἄσαρκον τροφὴν] ὑγείας καὶ ῥώμης μεταβαλέσθαι have given up asceticism in exchange for health and strength, Refs 3rd c.AD+; barter, traffic in, οἴνου μεταβαλλόμενος καὶ σίτου πρᾶσιν Refs 5th c.BC+
B.III turn oneself, turn about, ἄνω καὶ κάτω Refs 5th c.BC+; especially
B.III.2 change one's purpose or mind, NT+5th c.BC+; change sides, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.III.3 turn or wheel round, μ. ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδα Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, turn about, μεταβαλλόμενος τοῖς ἔξω περιεστηκόσι λοιδορήσεται Refs 4th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

changed … minds1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
metaballerantoisμεταβαλόμενοιhappened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative plural masculinechanged … minds1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularmetaballomōmetaballomemetaballomēmetaballomelē
you 2nd person singularmetaballosōmetaballosemetaballosēmetaballoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularmetaballotōmetaballotemetaballotēmetaballotelē
we 1st person pluralmetaballonōmetaballonemetaballonēmetaballonelē
ye 2nd person pluralmetaballovōmetaballovemetaballovēmetaballovelē
they 3rd person pluralmetaballolōmetaballolemetaballolēmetaballolelē

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personwill happen futurehappened aorist
I 1st person singularmetaballemimetaballema
you 2nd person singularmetaballesimetaballesa
he/she/it 3rd person singularmetaballetimetaballeta
we 1st person pluralmetaballenimetaballena
ye 2nd person pluralmetaballevimetaballeva
they 3rd person pluralmetaballelimetaballela
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singularmetaballomeiōmetaballomeiē
you 2nd person singularmetaballoseiōmetaballoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularmetaballoteiōmetaballoteiē
we 1st person pluralmetaballoneiōmetaballoneiē
ye 2nd person pluralmetaballoveiōmetaballoveiē
they 3rd person pluralmetaballoleiōmetaballoleiē

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singularmetaballemeia
you 2nd person singularmetaballeseia
he/she/it 3rd person singularmetaballeteia
we 1st person pluralmetaballeneia
ye 2nd person pluralmetaballeveia
they 3rd person pluralmetaballeleia
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularmetaballosōrmetaballosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularmetaballotōrmetaballotēr
ye 2nd person pluralmetaballovōrmetaballovēr
they 3rd person pluralmetaballolōrmetaballolēr

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personhappened aorist
you 2nd person singularmetaballesar
he/she/it 3rd person singularmetaballetar
ye 2nd person pluralmetaballevar
they 3rd person pluralmetaballelar
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singularmetaballomoiō
you 2nd person singularmetaballosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singularmetaballotoiō
we 1st person pluralmetaballonoiō
ye 2nd person pluralmetaballovoiō
they 3rd person pluralmetaballoloiō

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singularmetaballemoia
you 2nd person singularmetaballesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularmetaballetoia
we 1st person pluralmetaballenoia
ye 2nd person pluralmetaballevoia
they 3rd person pluralmetaballeloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voicemetaballorōmetaballorē
acts on or for itself middle voicemetaballerimetaballera
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voicemetaballorōntosmetaballorēntos
acts on or for itself middle voicemetaballerintosmetaballerantos1×

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
metaballstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

metaball is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

metaballerantois“changed … minds”happened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative plural masculine1×

Acts 28:6… theōrarōntoiu mēdenem atopem eis auton genorōntem, metaballerantois legale auton arō theon.… nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.