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στροφή

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Gloss: a shift and turn

Transliteration: strophē

Strong’s: G9209

1. a turning , e.g. of a horse, (Xenophon Historicus); ἐν στροφαῖσιν ὀμμάτων with rolling of the eyes, (Euripides)
2. a twist , such as wrestlers make to elude their adversary, (Plato Philosophus):—;metaphorically a trick, dodge , (Aristophanes Comicus)
3. the turning of the Chorus as they danced from right to left of the ὀρχήστρα: the strain sung during this evolution, the strophe , to which the ἀντιστροφή answers. (ML)
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