κλυδωνίζομαι
klydōnízomai · G2831 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to be tossed about by waves
To be tossed back and forth by the motion of waves
ExamplesEphesians 4:14 As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
How it’s used In 2 roles
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Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin+ κυβείαtrickery 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- σαλεύω saleúō · G4531 · to shake, to stir up against, to start a riot
- σαλεύω shares the core sense of being moved or tossed about, but is broader in application (can refer to shaking generally, not specifically to wave-motion); κλυδωνίζομαι is more specifically tied to wave-like surging or fluctuation
Contrasting words 1 word
- στηρίζω stērízō · G4741 · to strengthen, to make more firm, to cause to be fixed
- στηρίζω denotes making stable, fixed, or firm (the opposite of fluctuating or being tossed); κλυδωνίζομαι denotes instability and being moved about by external forces
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To be tossed about by waves16.12
- κλυδωνίζομαι describes being tossed and driven about like a wave. Ephesians 4:14 warns against remaining as immature believers, “tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine,” the κλυδωνίζομαι naming this figurative tossing about by unstable teaching.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon participle κλυδωνιζόμενος; (κλύδων); to be tossed by the waves; metaphorically, to be…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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