What does παραλλαγή (parallagḗ) mean in the Bible?
παραλλαγή (parallagḗ): Change or variation implying inconsistency, used of God's constancy versus human changeability
Greek · G3883
παραλλαγή
Variation
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παραλλαγή G3883
Pronunciation parallagḗ
What does παραλλαγή (parallagḗ) mean in the Bible?
παραλλαγή (parallagḗ): Change or variation implying inconsistency, used of God's constancy versus human changeability
Full entry for παραλλαγή (G3883) · Open the biblical lexicon
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How does the BSB render G3883?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include change (1).
Where does παραλλαγή (parallagḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at James 1:17. Its strongest book concentrations include James (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It change 1× James 1:17
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First aligned row James 1:17
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
James 1
Source forms
παραλλαγὴ 1x parallagē James 1:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x James 1:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Change or variation implying inconsistency, used of God's constancy versus human changeability
Strong's G3883
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link James 1:16–18 Source Gloss
variation
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Change or variation implying inconsistency, used of God's constancy versus human changeability
(παραλλάσσω), [in LXX: 4Ki.9:20 (שִׁגָּעוֹן)* ;] in various senses (LS, see word), change: Jas.1:17.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
James 1:17 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
παραλλαγή, parallagh
a change, variation
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Nominative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Jas 1:17 1×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
Representative Scripture witnesses for this entry: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Additional Occurrences
variation, change
New Testament Witnesses
variation, change
Word Origins
παραλλαγή is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Emphasizes the immutability of God’s character. James 1:16–18
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain