ἀνεμίζω
anemízō · G416 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to be driven or carried about by the wind
To be caused to move by the wind
ExamplesJames 1:6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- κλυδωνίζομαι klydōnízomai · G2831 · to be tossed about by waves
- Greek verb describing being tossed or agitated by waves; closely parallel to ἀνεμίζω in depicting unstable, back-and-forth motion driven by natural forces (waves vs. wind)
- ῥιπίζω rhipízō · G4494 · to be tossed about
- Greek verb meaning to toss about or fan, depicting motion caused by wind or air current; semantically very close to the wind-driven tossing of ἀνεμίζω
- σαλεύω saleúō · G4531 · to shake, to stir up against, to start a riot
- Greek verb for shaking or agitating, used both literally (of physical shaking) and metaphorically (of instability); overlaps with the unstable motion depicted by ἀνεμίζω
Contrasting words 2 words
- στηρίζω stērízō · G4741 · to strengthen, to make more firm, to cause to be fixed
- Greek verb meaning to make firm or establish; lexical opposite of being tossed or unstable—represents fixity and stability versus the instability of wind-driven tossing
- ἵστημι hístēmi · G2476 · to put, to place, to set
- Greek verb for standing firm or establishing in place; opposite of being tossed about—conveys stability and fixedness versus unstable motion
In the other Testament 1 word
- נוּעַ nûwaʻ · H5128 · to move, to sway, to shake
- Hebrew verb describing wavering, shaking, or unstable motion, including metaphorical wavering; captures the instability and back-and-forth movement implied by wind-tossing
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To be driven or carried about by the wind15.164
- In James 1:6, James compares the doubter to “the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind (anemizoménō),” describing something helplessly blown about.
Word family 15 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (ἄνεμος); to agitate or drive by the wind; present passive participle ἀνεμιζόμενος, Jas…
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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