Strong's Lexicon
G5015 — ταράσσω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5015 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ταράσσω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | of uncertain affinity |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 17 |
| Transliteration: | tarasso |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | tar-as'-so |
| Meaning: | 1. to stir or agitate (roil water) |
| KJV Renderings: | trouble |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ταράσσω; imperfect ἐτάρασσόν; 1 aorist ἐταραξα; passive, present imperative 3 person singular ταρασσέσθω; imperfect ἐταρασσομην; perfect τεταραγμαι; 1 aorist ἐταράχθην; from Homer down; to agitate, trouble (a thing, by the movement of its parts to and fro);
a. properly: τό ὕδωρ, Joh 5:4 (R L),7 (Eze 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 áÄÌäÅì, etc.; passive, ταράσσομαι for ψΘβΗζ, to be stirred up, irritated); α. to stir up: τόν ὄχλον, Act 17:8; (τούς ὄχλους, Act 17:13 L T Tr WH). β. to trouble: τινα, to strike one’s spirit with fear or dread, passive, Mat 2:3; Mat 14:26; Mar 6:50; Luk 1:12; (Luk 24:38); 1Pe 3:14; παράσσεται ἡ καρδία, Joh 14:1; Joh 14:27; to affect with great pain or sorrow: ἑαυτόν (cf. our to trouble oneself), Joh 11:33 (A. V. was troubled (some understand the word here of bodily agitation)) (σεαυτόν μή ταρασσε, Antoninus 4, 26); τετάρακται ἡ ψυχή, Joh 12:27 (Psa 6:4); ἐταράχθη τῷ πνεύματι, Joh 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, Act 15:24. (Compare: διαπαράσσω, ἐκπαράσσω.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ταράσσω (trouble)
Matthew 2:3
- KJV: When Herod the king had heard he was troubled and all Jerusalem with him
- GK: ακούσας δε Ηρώδης ο βασιλεύς εταράχθη και πάσα Ιεροσόλυμα μετ΄ αυτού
Matthew 14:26
- KJV: And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were troubled saying It is a spirit and they cried out for fear
- GK: και ιδόντες αυτόν οι μαθηταί επί την θάλασσαν περιπατούντα εταράχθησαν λέγοντες ότι φάντασμά εστι και από του φόβου έκραξαν
Mark 6:50
- KJV: For they all saw him and were troubled And immediately he talked with them and saith unto them Be of good cheer it is I be not afraid
- GK: πάντες γαρ αυτόν είδον και εταράχθησαν και ευθέως ελάλησε μετ΄ αυτών και λέγει αυτοίς θαρσείτε εγώ ειμι μη φοβείσθε
Luke 1:12
- KJV: And when Zacharias saw he was troubled and fear fell upon him
- GK: και εταράχθη Ζαχαρίας ιδών και φόβος επέπεσεν επ΄ αυτόν
Luke 24:38
- KJV: And he said unto them Why are ye troubled and why do thoughts arise in your hearts
- GK: και είπεν αυτοίς τι τεταραγμένοι εστέ και διατι διαλογισμοί αναβαίνουσιν εν ταις καρδίαις υμών
John 5:4
- KJV: For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool and troubled the water whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had
- GK: άγγελος γαρ κατά καιρόν κατέβαινεν εν τη κολυμβήθρα και ετάρασσε το ύδωρ ο ουν πρώτος εμβάς μετά την ταραχήν του ύδατος υγιής εγίνετο ω δήποτε κατείχετο νοσήματι
John 5:7
- KJV: The impotent man answered him Sir I have no man when the water is troubled to put me into the pool but while I am coming another steppeth down before me
- GK: απεκρίθη αυτώ ο ασθενών κύριε άνθρωπον ουκ έχω ίνα όταν ταραχθή του ύδωρ βάλη με εις την κολυμβήθραν εν ω δε έρχομαι εγώ άλλος προ εμού καταβαίνει
John 11:33
- KJV: When Jesus therefore saw her weeping and the Jews also weeping which came with her he groaned in the spirit and was troubled
- GK: Ιησούς ούν ως είδεν αυτήν κλαίουσαν και τους συνελθόντας αυτή Ιουδαίους κλαίοντας ενεβριμήσατο τω πνεύματι και ετάραξεν εαυτόν
John 12:27
- KJV: Now is my soul troubled and what shall I say Father save me from this hour but for this cause came I unto this hour
- GK: νυν η ψυχή μου τετάρακται και τι είπω πάτερ σώσόν με εκ της ώρας ταύτης αλλά διά τούτο ήλθον εις την ώραν ταύτην
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