τροπήtropḗ
a turn ("trope"), i.e. revolution (figuratively, variation)
Greek (New Testament) · G5157
Meanings
a turning: especially of the revolution of heavenly bodies, figuratively, James 1:17 (see ἀποσκίασμα).
Same root
- ἐπιτρέπωepitrépō · G2010to turn over (transfer), i.e. allow
- περιτρέπωperitrépō · G4062to turn around, i.e. (mentally) to craze
- ἀποτρέπωapotrépō · G665to deflect, i.e. (reflexively) avoid
- ἀνατρέπωanatrépō · G396to overturn (figuratively)
- στρέφωstréphō · G4762to twist, i.e. turn quite around or reverse (literally or figuratively)
- προτρέπομαιprotrépomai · G4389to turn forward for oneself, i.e. encourage
- ἐντρέπωentrépō · G1788to invert, i.e. (figuratively and reflexively) in a good sense, to respect; or in a bad one, to confound
- εὐτραπελίαeutrapelía · G2160witticism, i.e. (in a vulgar sense) ribaldry
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- James 1:17 Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.