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σείω

seíō · G4579 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to shake

    To cause something to move back and forth rapidly, often violently

    Examples

    Matthew 27:51 And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.

    Hebrews 12:26 And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN.”

    Revelation 6:13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.

  2. to stir up, to cause an uproar, to cause great anxiety

    (A figurative extension of meaning of σείω ‘to shake,’) To cause extreme anxiety and apprehension, implying accompanying movement

    Examples

    Matthew 21:10 When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?”

  3. to tremble, trembling, to quiver, to shake

    To shake or tremble, often with the implication of fear and/or consternation

    Examples

    Matthew 28:4 The guards shook from fear of him and became like dead men.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

5 occurrences in 5 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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.

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.

Near synonyms 1 word
σαλεύω saleúō · G4531 · to shake, to stir up against, to start a riot
σείω and σαλεύω both denote physical shaking or trembling, and both independently extend to causing social or emotional disturbance, stirring up unrest or uproar. The two verbs describe interchangeable expressions for unsettling motion in both physical and metaphorical senses.
In the other Testament 1 word
רָעַשׁ râʻash · H7493 · to tremble, to quake, to shake
Hebrew רָעַשׁ and Greek σείω both denote physical shaking or trembling — of the earth, mountains, or foundations — with figurative extension to fear or agitation, making them consistent translation equivalents in seismic and emotional-trembling contexts.
Semantic domains 3 entries
To tremble, trembling, to quiver, to shake16.6
The verb describes bodily trembling from fear. Matthew describes the guards at the tomb: “The guards shook from fear of him and became like dead men” (Matthew 28:4).
To shake16.7
The same verb also describes the physical shaking of the earth itself. Matthew records at the crucifixion, “the earth shook and the rocks were split” (Matthew 27:51).
To stir up, to cause an uproar, to cause great anxiety25.233
The verb can also describe a crowd's excited commotion. Matthew records Jesus' entry into Jerusalem: “all the city was stirred, saying, ‘Who is this?’” (Matthew 21:10).
Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

σείωseíō · G4579σεισμός seismós · G4578 · earthquake, storm on the sea · 14×κατασείω kataseíō · G2678 · to make a sign, to give a signal · 4×ἀνασείω anaseíō · G383 · to stir up against, to start a riot, to cause an uproar · 2×διασείω diaseíō · G1286 · to extort, to take money by violence · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon future σείσω (Heb 12:26 L T Tr WH); passive, present participle σειόμενος; 1 aorist…
future σείσω (Heb 12:26 L T Tr WH); passive, present participle σειόμενος; 1 aorist ἐσείσθην; from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for רָעַשׁ; to shake, agitate, cause to tremble: Rev 6:13; τήν γῆν, Heb 12:26 after Hag 2:6; ἐσείσθη ἡ γῆ, Mt 27:51 (Judg 5:4; 2 Sam 22:8); σεισθῆναι ἀπό φοβοῦ, of men, to be thrown into a tremor, to quake for fear, Mt 28:4; metaphorically, to agitate the mind: ἐσείσθη ἡ πόλις (R. V. was stirred) i. e. its inhabitants Mt 21:10. (Compare: ἀνασείω, διασείω, κατασείω.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Non-Linear Movement4 occurrencesWorry, Anxiety, Distress, Peace1 occurrence

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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