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# revolt

noun (a revolt, revolts); verb (revolt, revolts, revolted, revolting)

«revolt» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (noun) A fight or protest by many people against their rulers or the people in charge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revolt/#m1)
2. (verb) To refuse to obey and rise up against the people in power. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revolt/#m2)
3. (verb) To revolt someone is to make them feel disgusted or sick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revolt/#m3)
4. (informal) Revolting (adjective) means really disgusting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revolt/#m4)

### In the lessons

In history lessons revolts happen against kings, empires or unfair taxes, like the Peasants' Revolt in England. In everyday talk revolting food or a revolting smell is disgusting. Phrases: rise in revolt, the Peasants' Revolt, be revolted by.

### Examples

- Long ago, thousands of English peasants joined a revolt against unfair taxes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revolt/#x1)
- The people revolted against the cruel king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revolt/#x2)
- The sailors revolted and took control of the ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revolt/#x3)
- The smell of the bins revolted me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revolt/#x4)
- This school dinner is revolting! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revolt/#x5)
- The children staged a small revolt when the trip was cancelled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revolt/#x6)
- The horrible donkey-skin which covered her from head to toe revolted her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revolt/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: revolted. Similar: rebellion, uprising, mutiny (on a ship or in an army). Revolting usually means disgusting, but it can mean taking part in a revolt.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah it means to turn away from God and break faith with Him. In the books of Kings and the Prophets it also means to rebel against a ruler, as Edom and Libnah rose up against Judah, and the people's heart can be "revolting."

**Interpretation.** The rabbis said Balaam's advice led Israel to worship Baal-peor, which brought a plague. The prophets treat rebelling against God as the deepest kind of revolt.

### Examples

- Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to revolt so as to break faith with the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD. (Torah NUM.31.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/revolt/#x1)
- Then did Libnah revolt at the same time. (Prophets 2KI.8.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/revolt/#x2)
- Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, unto this day. (Prophets 2KI.8.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/revolt/#x3)
- But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted, and gone. (Prophets JER.5.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/revolt/#x4)

### Note

Regular verb: revolted. Similar: rebellion, uprising, mutiny (on a ship or in an army). Revolting usually means disgusting, but it can mean taking part in a revolt.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «revolt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revolt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «revolt» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/revolt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«revolt» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/revolt.html) on Mova free.