συστροφή
systrophḗ · G4963 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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uproar, revolt
Disorderly mob revolt, with special implications of uproar and disturbance
ExamplesActs 19:40 “For indeed, we are in danger of being accused of a riot in connection with today’s events, since there is no real reason for it, and in this connection we will be unable to account for this disorderly gathering.”
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plot, scheme, conspiracy
A plan devised by a number of persons who agree to act against someone or some institution
ExamplesActs 23:12 When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and put themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὗτοςthis 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- περίconcerning, about, for 2
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 1 word
- σύγχυσις sýnchysis · G4799 · uproar, revolt
- συστροφή and σύγχυσις both denote riotous disturbance or tumultuous public disorder. συστροφή additionally carries the sense of a conspiracy or secret plotting, but both converge closely on the core sense of an uproar or riot.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Plot, scheme, conspiracy30.72
- Luke records that the Jews, “when it was day, formed a conspiracy and put themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul” (Acts 23:12).
- Uproar, revolt39.43
- The town clerk warns, “we are in danger of being accused of a riot in connection with today's events, since there is no real reason for it, and in this connection we will be unable to account for this disorderly gathering” (Acts 19:40).
Word family 29 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon συστροφῆς, ἡ (συστρέφω); a. a twisting up together, a binding together. b. a secret…
a. a twisting up together, a binding together.
b. a secret combination, a coalition, conspiracy: Acts 23:12 (Ps 63:3; (2 Kgs 15:15; Amos 7:10)); a concourse of disorderly persons, a riot (Polybius 4, 34, 6), Acts 19:40.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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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