Strong's Lexicon
G2795 — κινέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2795 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κινέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from kio (poetic for eimi, to go) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 8 |
| Transliteration: | kineo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kin-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to stir (transitively) {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | (re-)move(-r), way |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κινέω, κίνω; future κινήσω; 1 aorist infinitive κινῆσαι; passive, present κινοῦμαι; 1 aorist ἐκινήθην; (from κίω, poetic for ἸΩ, εἰμί, Curtius, § 57; hence)
1. properly, to cause to go, i. e. to move, set in motion (from Homer down);
a. properly, in passive (cf. Winers Grammar, 252 (237)) to be moved, move: of that motion which is evidence of life, Act 17:28 (Gen 7:21); κινεῖν δακτύλῳ φορτία, to move burdens with a finger, Mat 23:4; τήν κεφαλήν, to move to and fro (A. V. wag) (expressive of derision), Mat 27:39; Mar 15:29 (the Sept. for øÉàùÑ äÅðÄéòÇ), Psa 21:8 (); Job 16:4; Sir 12:18, etc.);
b. to move from a place, to remove: τί ἐκ τοῦ τόπου, Rev 2:5; ἐκ τῶν τόπων, passive, Rev 6:14.
2. Metaphorically, to move i. e. excite: στάσιν, a riot, disturbance, Act 24:5 ((see στάσις, 2); ταραχήν, Josephus, b. j. 2, 9, 4); τήν πόλιν, to throw into commotion, passive, Act 21:30. (Compare: μετακινέω, συγκινέω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κινέω ((re-)move(-r))
Matthew 23:4
- KJV: For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne and lay on men’s shoulders but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers
- GK: δεσμεύουσι γαρ φορτία βαρέα και δυσβάστακτα και επιτιθέασιν επί τους ώμους των ανθρώπων τω δε δακτύλω αυτών ου θέλουσι κινήσαι αυτά
Matthew 27:39
- KJV: And they that passed by reviled him wagging their heads
- GK: οι δε παραπορευόμενοι εβλασφήμουν αυτόν κινούντες τας κεφαλάς αυτών
Mark 15:29
- KJV: And they that passed by railed on him wagging their heads and saying Ah thou that destroyest the temple and buildest in three days
- GK: και οι παραπορευόμενοι εβλασφήμουν αυτόν κινούντες τας κεφαλάς αυτών και λέγοντες ουά ο καταλύων τον ναόν και εν τρισίν ημέραις οικοδομών
Acts 17:28
- KJV: For in him we live and move and have our being as certain also of your own poets have said For we are also his offspring
- GK: εν αυτώ γαρ ζώμεν και κινούμεθα και εσμεν ως και τινες των καθ΄ υμάς ποιητών ειρήκασι του γαρ και γένος εσμέν
Acts 21:30
- KJV: And all the city was moved and the people ran together and they took Paul and drew him out of the temple and forthwith the doors were shut
- GK: εκινήθη τε η πόλις όλη και εγένετο συνδρομή του λαού και επιλαβόμενοι του Παύλου είλκον αυτόν έξω του ιερού και ευθέως εκλείσθησαν αι θύραι
Acts 24:5
- KJV: For we have found this man pestilent and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes
- GK: ευρόντες γαρ τον άνδρα τούτον λοιμόν και κινούντα στάσιν πάσι τοις Ιουδαίοις τοις κατά την οικουμένην πρωτοστάτην τε της των Ναζωραίων αιρέσεως
Revelation 2:5
- KJV: Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen and repent and do the first works or else I will come unto thee quickly and will remove thy candlestick out of his place except thou repent
- GK: μνημόνευε ούν πόθεν εκπέπτωκας και μετανόησον και τα πρώτα έργα ποίησον ει έρχομαί σοι ταχύ και κινήσω την λυχνίαν σου εκ του τόπου αυτής εάν μη μετανοήσης
Revelation 6:14
- KJV: And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together and every mountain and island were moved out of their places
- GK: και ο ουρανός απεχωρίσθη ως βιβλίον ελισσόμενον και παν όρος και νήσος εκ των τόπων αυτών εκινήθησαν
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