verb

metaballemō

Greekμεταβάλλομαι (metaballomai)

Strong’sG3328

I change, change my mind

stem metaball-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

changed … minds1×

What it means

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.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
metaballeratoisμεταβαλόμενοι	happened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative plural masculine	changed … minds	1×

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

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	metaballemō	metaballeme	metaballemi	metaballema	metaballemē	metaballemelē
you 2nd person singular	metaballesō	metaballese	metaballesi	metaballesa	metaballesē	metaballeselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	metaballetō	metaballete	metaballeti	metaballeta	metaballetē	metaballetelē
we 1st person plural	metaballenō	metaballene	metaballeni	metaballena	metaballenē	metaballenelē
ye 2nd person plural	metaballevō	metaballeve	metaballevi	metaballeva	metaballevē	metaballevelē
they 3rd person plural	metaballelō	metaballele	metaballeli	metaballela	metaballelē	metaballelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	metaballemeiō	metaballemeia	metaballemeiē
you 2nd person singular	metaballeseiō	metaballeseia	metaballeseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	metaballeteiō	metaballeteia	metaballeteiē
we 1st person plural	metaballeneiō	metaballeneia	metaballeneiē
ye 2nd person plural	metaballeveiō	metaballeveia	metaballeveiē
they 3rd person plural	metaballeleiō	metaballeleia	metaballeleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	metaballesōr	metaballesar	metaballesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	metaballetōr	metaballetar	metaballetēr
ye 2nd person plural	metaballevōr	metaballevar	metaballevēr
they 3rd person plural	metaballelōr	metaballelar	metaballelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	metaballemoiō	metaballemoia
you 2nd person singular	metaballesoiō	metaballesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	metaballetoiō	metaballetoia
we 1st person plural	metaballenoiō	metaballenoia
ye 2nd person plural	metaballevoiō	metaballevoia
they 3rd person plural	metaballeloiō	metaballeloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	metaballerō	metaballeri	metaballera	metaballerē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	metaballerōtos	metaballeritos	metaballeratos1×	metaballerētos

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+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

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

Acts 28:6“changed … minds”tois de prosdokale auton mellarō pimprēirō ē katapiptarō afnōs nekron. epi pollem de autoiu prosdokarōtoiu kai theōrarōtoiu mēdenem atopem eis auton ginerōtem, metaballeratois legale auton arō theon.The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.