ταράσσω
tarássō · G5015 · Greek · 18 occurrences
Meanings
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to cause to move, to stir up
To cause movement, usually as the result of shaking or stirring
ExamplesJohn 5:7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
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to cause great mental distress
(A figurative extension of meaning of ταράσσω ‘to stir up,’) To cause acute emotional distress or turbulence
ExamplesMatthew 2:3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Luke 1:12 Zechariah was troubled when he saw the angel, and fear gripped him.
John 11:33 Therefore when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled,
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to stir up against, to start a riot, to cause an uproar
To cause people to riot against
ExamplesActs 17:8 They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.
Acts 17:13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there as well, agitating and stirring up the crowds.
How it’s used In 6 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
17 occurrences in 12 groups
- Not stated (participle) 4
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- σύyou 3
- ὄχλοςcrowd, multitude, common people 2
- ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 1
- πολιτάρχηςcity official 1
With adverbsAdverbs
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- μήnot 2
- νῦνnow 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- βαστάζωto carry, to bear 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔπωto say 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- τὶςsomeone 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 1 word
- θορυβέω thorybéō · G2350 · to stir up against, to start a riot, to cause an uproar
- ταράσσω denotes general agitation or mental disturbance, while θορυβέω denotes specifically noisy, clamorous tumult, a public uproar. Both converge on the shared field of disturbance, differing in whether the disturbance is general or specifically loud and public.
In the other Testament 2 words
- בָּהַל bâhal · H926 · to be quick, to be hasty, to be rash
- Hebrew בָּהַל emphasizes emotional disturbance (dismay, fright, haste) while Greek ταράσσω centers on physical/mental agitation (stirring, troubling); both share the core semantic of disrupting a state of calm or order.
- רָגַז râgaz · H7264 · to tremble, to shake, to quake
- ταράσσω (tarássō, G5015) ταράσσω renders רָגַז (râgaz, H7264) רָגַז specifically in contexts of physical agitation or emotional disturbance, capturing the 'stir/trouble' sense-overlap, though רָגַז (râgaz, H7264)'s semantic range extends more broadly to trembling, fear, and provocation beyond ταράσσω's core water-agitation domain.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To cause to move, to stir up16.3
- John records the sick man's answer, “I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me” (John 5:7).
- To cause great mental distress25.244
- John records that Jesus said, “Now My soul has become troubled; and what am I to say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’?” (John 12:27).
- To stir up against, to start a riot, to cause an uproar39.44
- Luke records that the Jews of Thessalonica came to Berea, “agitating and stirring up the crowds” (Acts 17:13).
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon imperfect ἐτάρασσόν; 1 aorist ἐταραξα; passive, present imperative 3 person singular…
a. properly: τό ὕδωρ, Jn 5:4 (R L),7 (Ezek 32:2; τόν Πόντον, Homer, Odyssey 5, 291; τό πέλαγος, Euripides, Tro. 88; τόν ποταμόν, Aesop fab. 87 (25)).
b. tropically, "to cause one inward commotion, take away his calmness of mind, disturb his equanimity; to disquiet, make restless" (the Sept. for בִּהֵל, etc.; passive, ταράσσομαι for רָגַז, to be stirred up, irritated); α. to stir up: τόν ὄχλον, Acts 17:8; (τούς ὄχλους, Acts 17:13 L T Tr WH). β. to trouble: τινα, to strike one's spirit with fear or dread, passive, Mt 2:3; Mt 14:26; Mk 6:50; Lk 1:12; (Lk 24:38); 1 Pet 3:14; παράσσεται ἡ καρδία, Jn 14:1, Jn 14:27; to affect with great pain or sorrow: ἑαυτόν (cf. our to trouble oneself), Jn 11:33 (A. V. was troubled (some understand the word here of bodily agitation)) (σεαυτόν μή ταρασσε, Antoninus 4, 26); τετάρακται ἡ ψυχή, Jn 12:27 (Ps 6:4); ἐταράχθη τῷ πνεύματι, Jn 13:21. γ. to render anxious or distressed, to perplex the mind of one by suggesting scruples or doubts (Xenophon, mem. 2, 6, 17): Gal 1:7; Gal 5:10; τιναλόγοις, Acts 15:24. (Compare: διαπαράσσω, ἐκπαράσσω.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 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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