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Strong's G3328 μεταβάλλω (metaballo)

Metaballo means “change mind” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3328 — yitschar (“Jitschar”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3328
Language Greek
Linked Usages 31
Books 13

Strong's G3328 Quick Answer

Strong's G3328 μεταβάλλω (metaballo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. metaballo (met-ab-al'-lo) v. 1. to throw over 2. (middle voice figuratively) to turn about in opinion It has 31 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include minds. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
metaballo (met-ab-al'-lo) v. 1. to throw over 2. (middle voice figuratively) to turn about in opinion
Usage
31 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
minds

Meaning and Definition

metaballo (met-ab-al'-lo) v. 1. to throw over 2. (middle voice figuratively) to turn about in opinion [from G3326 and G906] KJV: change mind Root(s): G3326, G906

Original Word
μεταβάλλω
Transliteration
metaballo
Derivation
Root: βάλλω R1: 3326 R2: 906
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3328. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to change mind

Usage: μετα-βάλλω [in LXX chiefly for הָפַךְ ;] to turn about, change. Pass. and mid., to turn oneself about; metaphorically, to change one's mind: Act.28:6.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3328 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render metaballo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

minds Acts 28:6

How Strong's G3328 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 22 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3328 (μεταβάλλω) appears 30 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3328 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3328 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Acts 28:6 KJV

Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

Strong's G3328 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

22 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 7:17 Septuagint / Brenton

These things saith the Lord: Hereby shalt thou know that I am the Lord: behold, I strike with the rod that is in my hand on the water which is in the river, and it shall change it into blood.

Exodus 7:20 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them; and Aaron having lifted up his hand with his rod, smote the water in the river before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and changed all the water in the river into blood.

Exodus 10:19 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord brought in the opposite direction a strong wind from the sea, and took up the locusts and cast them into the Red Sea, and there was not one locust left in all the land of Egypt.

Strong's G3328 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 10:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And when they saw her, that her countenance was altered, and her apparel was changed, they wondered at her beauty very greatly, and said unto her,

2 Maccabees 6:29 Septuagint / Brenton

they that led him changing the good will they bare him a little before into hatred, because the foresaid speeches proceeded, as they thought, from a desperate mind.

3 Maccabees 1:3 Septuagint / Brenton

But Dositheus, called the son of Drimylus, by birth a Jew, afterward a renegade from the laws and observances of his country, conveyed Ptolemy away, and made an obscure person lie down in his stead in the tent. It befell this man to receive the fate which was meant for the other.

Usage Excerpts

First 31 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3328.

Exodus 7:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These things saith the Lord: Hereby shalt thou know that I am the Lord: behold, I strike with the rod that is in my hand on the water which is in the river, and it shall change it into blood.
Exodus 7:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them; and Aaron having lifted up his hand with his rod, smote the water in the river before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and changed all the water in the river into blood.
Exodus 10:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord brought in the opposite direction a strong wind from the sea, and took up the locusts and cast them into the Red Sea, and there was not one locust left in all the land of Egypt.
Leviticus 13:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall view the spot in the skin of his flesh; and if the hair in the spot be changed to white, and the appearance of the spot be below the skin of the flesh, it is a plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look upon it, and pronounce him unclean.
Leviticus 13:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the spot be clear and white in the skin of his flesh, yet the appearance of it be not deep below the skin, and its hair have not changed itself for white hair, but it is dark, then the priest shall separate him that has the spot seven days;
Leviticus 13:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the bright spot should have changed and spread in the skin, after the priest has seen him for the purpose of purifying him, then shall he appear the second time to the priest,
Leviticus 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the priest shall look, and, behold, if it is a white spot in the skin, and it has changed the hair to white, and there be some of the sound part of the quick flesh in the sore—
Leviticus 13:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look, and, behold, the leprosy has covered all the skin of the flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him clean of the plague, because it has changed all to white, it is clean.
Leviticus 13:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the sound flesh be restored and changed to white, then shall he come to the priest;
Leviticus 13:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the priest shall see him, and, behold, if the plague is turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the patient clean: he is clean.
Leviticus 13:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look, and, behold, if the appearance be beneath the skin, and its hair has changed to white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; because it is a leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer.
Leviticus 13:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look upon him, and, behold, if the hair being white is changed to a bright color, and its appearance is lower than the skin, it is a leprosy; it has broken out in the inflammation, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy.
Leviticus 13:55 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon it after the plague has been washed; and if this, even the plague, has not changed its appearance, and the plague does not spread, it is unclean; it shall be burned with fire: it is fixed in the garment, in the warp, or in the woof.
Joshua 7:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And what shall I say since Israel has turned his back before his enemy?
Joshua 8:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambuscade had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up to heaven; and they turned and smote the men of Ai.
Job 10:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy hands have formed me and made me; Afterward thou didst change thy mind, and smite me.
Job 10:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I am hunted like a lion for slaughter; For again thou hast changed and art terribly destroying me;
Job 11:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thou shalt be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against thee; And many shall charge, and make supplication to thee.
Isaiah 13:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The elders shall be troubled, and pangs shall seize them, as of a woman in travail: and they shall mourn one to another, and shall be amazed, and shall change their countenance as a flame.
Isaiah 29:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the house of Jacob, whom he set apart from Abraham, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall he now change countenance.
Isaiah 60:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then shalt thou see, and fear, and be amazed in thy heart; for the wealth of the sea shall come round to thee, and of nations and peoples; and herds of camels shall come to thee,
Habakkuk 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then shall he change his spirit, and he shall pass through, and make an atonement, saying, This strength belongs to my god.
Acts 28:6 New Testament, KJV
Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
Judith 10:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when they saw her, that her countenance was altered, and her apparel was changed, they wondered at her beauty very greatly, and said unto her,
2 Maccabees 6:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
they that led him changing the good will they bare him a little before into hatred, because the foresaid speeches proceeded, as they thought, from a desperate mind.
3 Maccabees 1:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But Dositheus, called the son of Drimylus, by birth a Jew, afterward a renegade from the laws and observances of his country, conveyed Ptolemy away, and made an obscure person lie down in his stead in the tent. It befell this man to receive the fate which was meant for the other.
4 Maccabees 6:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
for it were irrational, if having lived up to old age in all truth, and having scrupulously guarded our character for it, we should now turn back,
4 Maccabees 6:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Beholding him so high-minded against misery, and not changing at their pity, they led him to the fire:
4 Maccabees 15:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
At the racking and roasting of each one of them, the observant mother was prevented by religion from changing.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For earthly things were turned into watery, And the things, that before swam in the water, now went upon the ground.
Wisdom of Sirach 18:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
From the morning until the evening the time is changed, And all things are soon done before the Lord.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3328, grouped by book.

Exodus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3328 FAQ

What does metaballo (μεταβάλλω) mean?

Metaballo (Strong's G3328) is a Greek word most simply glossed "change mind". metaballo (met-ab-al'-lo) v. 1. to throw over 2. (middle voice figuratively) to turn about in opinion

How many times is metaballo (μεταβάλλω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 31 linked usages for Strong's G3328 across 13 books.

Where can I study metaballo (μεταβάλλω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3328 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate metaballo (μεταβάλλω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as minds. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3328 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 22 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 8 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3328, with linked reader references where each row is available.