Quick Definition
παραλλαγή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. a change, variation
Strong's Definition
from a compound of 3844 and 236; transmutation (of phase or orbit), i.e. (figuratively) fickleness: variableness.
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | ἀλλάσσω
58.44 · Nature, Class, Example · Different Kind or Class
change a change or variation in the nature or character of something
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παρ-αλλαγή, -ῆς, ἡ, (παραλλάσσω), variation, change: Jas. 1. 17. (Aeschyl., Plat., Polyb., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παραλλαγή parallagē 1x
a shifting, mutation, change, Jas. 1:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παρ-αλλαγή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< παραλλάσσω), [in LXX: IV Ki 9:20 (שִׁגָּעוֹן)*;]
in various senses (LS, s.v.), change: Ja 1:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παραλλαγή. The special meaning of a periodic ‘‘change” of a heavenly body which this word has in its only NT occurrence (Jas 117), is illustrated by Hort ad /. from Dion Cass. Ixxvi. 13, where it is said of the Emperor Severus in the North of Scotland - τήν τε τοῦ ἡλίου παράλλαξιν Kal Td τῶν ἡμερῶν, τῶν τε νύκτων καὶ τῶν θερινῶν καὶ τῶν χειμερινῶν μέγεθος ἀκριβέστατα κατεφώρασεν. In Aristeas 75 παραλλαγή is used of stones arranged alternately—A(@wv ἑτέρων παρ᾽ ἑτέρους, τοῖς γένεσι παραλλαγὴν ἐχόντων. For the verbef. Preisigke 4947) (love-charm—iii/A.D.) εἰς τὸ παραλλαγῆναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτῆς, Theophr. 27... v. i. 3 αἱ πέψεις τῶν καρπῶν παραλλάττουσι, ‘times of ripeness vary.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παραλλαγή (parallagē) — variation. 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+]