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Koine Greek wordlink #104555

← μεταβαλόμενοι ⌂ → Acts 28 ║ ═

SR GNT Acts 28:6 μεταβαλόμενοι (metabalomenoi) ‘to him becoming having changed_their_minds they were saying him to_be’ Strongs=33280 Lemma=metaballō^*
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=aorist voice=middle case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=62 AD Event=Paul_stays_at_Malta TimeSeries=Paul_stays_at_Malta,Paul's_Journey_to_Rome Refers to Word #104490

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Only use of identical word form μεταβαλόμενοι (V-PAM·NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μεταβαλόμενοι’ (V-PAM·NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘having changed_their_minds’.

Acts 28:6 ‘to him becoming having changed_their_minds they were saying him to_be’ SR GNT Acts 28:6 word 25

OET-LV: 6 But they were _expecting him to _be _going to _be _being _swelled _up, or to _be _falling _down suddenly dead. But over much time, them waiting and observing nothing amiss becoming to him, having _changed _their _minds they _were _saying him to _be a_god. (ACT_28:6)

OET-RV: 6 The locals were waiting for his arm to swell up or for him to fall down dead, but after a while when nothing happened they changed their minds and decided that instead, he must be a god. (ACT 28:6)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘metaballō’ in the Greek originals.

Key: V=verb