Strong's Lexicon
G384 — ἀνασκευάζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G384 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀνασκευάζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G303 (in the sense of reversal) and a derivative of G4632 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | anaskeuazo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | an-ask-yoo-ad'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) to pack up (baggage) 2. (by implication, and figuratively) to upset |
| KJV Renderings: | subvert |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνασκευάζω; (σκευάζω, from (σκεῦος a vessel, utensil);
1. to pack up baggage (Latinvasacolligere) in order to carry it away to another place: Xenophon, an. 5, 10 (6, 2) 8. Middle to move one’s furniture (when setting out for some other place, Xenophon, Cyril 8, 5, 4 ὅταν δέ ἀνασκευαζωνται, συντιθησι μέν ἕκαστος τά σκεύη); hence,
2. of an enemy dismantling, plundering, a place (Thucydides 4, 116); to overthrow, ravage, destroy, towns, lands, etc.; tropically, ψυχάς, to turn away violently from a right state, to unsettle, subvert: Act 15:24.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀνασκευάζω (subvert)
Acts 15:24
- KJV: Forasmuch as we have heard that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words subverting your souls saying be circumcised and keep the law to whom we gave no commandment
- GK: επειδή ηκούσαμεν ότι τινές εξ ημών εξελθόντες ετάραξαν υμάς λόγοις ανασκευάζοντες τας ψυχάς υμών λέγοντες περιτέμνεσθαι και τηρείν τον νόμον οις ου διεστείλαμεθα
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