Strong's Lexicon
G4579 — σείω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4579 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σείω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | apparently a primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | seio |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | sei'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) to shake (sideways or to and fro) 2. (generally) to agitate (in any direction) 3. (figuratively) to cause to tremble 4. (reflexively) to tremble for fear or concern |
| KJV Renderings: | move, quake, shake |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σείω; future σείσω (Heb 12:26 L T Tr WH); passive, present participle σειόμενος; 1 aorist ἐσείσθην; from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for øÈòÇùÑ; to shake, agitate, cause to tremble: Rev 6:13; τήν γῆν, Heb 12:26 after Hag 2:6; ἐσείσθη ἡ γῆ, Mat 27:51 (Jdg 5:4; 2Sa 22:8); σεισθῆναι ἀπό φοβοῦ, of men, to be thrown into a tremor, to quake for fear, Mat 28:4; metaphorically, to agitate the mind: ἐσείσθη ἡ πόλις (R. V. was stirred) i. e. its inhabitants Mat 21:10. (Compare: ἀνασείω, διασείω, κατασείω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σείω (move)
Matthew 21:10
- KJV: And when he was come into Jerusalem all the city was moved saying Who is this
- GK: και εισελθόντος αυτού εις Ιεροσόλυμα εσείσθη πάσα η πόλις λέγουσα τις εστιν ούτος
Matthew 27:51
- KJV: And behold the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom and the earth did quake and the rocks rent
- GK: και ιδού το καταπέτασμα του ναού εσχίσθη εις δύο από άνωθεν έως κάτω και η γη εσείσθη και αι πέτραι εσχίσθησαν
Matthew 28:4
- KJV: And for fear of him the keepers did shake and became as dead
- GK: από δε του φόβου αυτού εσείσθησαν οι τηρούντες και εγένοντο ωσεί νεκροί
Hebrews 12:26
- KJV: Whose voice then shook the earth but now he hath promised saying Yet once more I shake not the earth only but also heaven
- GK: ου η φωνή την γην εσάλευσε τότε νυν δε επήγγελται λέγων έτι άπαξ εγώ σείω ου μόνον την γην αλλά και τον ουρανόν
Revelation 6:13
- KJV: And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind
- GK: και οι αστέρες του ουρανού έπεσον εις την γην ως συκή βάλλει τους ολύνθους αυτής υπό μεγάλου ανέμου σειομένη