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revolt

verb intransitive
To fall off or turn from one to another.

revolt

To renounce allegiance and subjection to one’s prince or state; to reject the authority of a sovereign; as a province or a number of people. It is not applied to individuals. The Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah. 2 Chronicles 21:8, 10.

revolt

To change.

revolt

In Scripture, to disclaim allegiance and subjection to God; to reject the government of the King of kings. Isaiah 317:6.

revolt

verb transitive
To turn; to put to flight; to overturn.

revolt

To shock; to do violence to; to cause to shrink or turn away with abhorrence; as, to revolt the mind or the feelings. Their honest pride of their purer religion had revolted the Babylonians.

revolt

noun
Desertion; change of sides; more correctly, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to one’s prince or government; as the revolt of a province of the Roman empire.

revolt

Gross departure from duty.

revolt

In Scripture, a rejection of divine government; departure from God; disobedience. Isaiah 59:13.

revolt

A revolter.