Quake

Quake - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

QUAKE, v.i.

1. To shake; to tremble; to be agitated with quick but short motions continually repeated; to shudder. Thus we say, a person quakes with fear or terror, or with cold. Heb 12.

2. To shake with violent convulsions, as well as with trembling; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. Neh 1.

3. To shake, tremble or move, as the earth under the feet; as the quaking mud.

QUAKE, v.t. To frighten; to throw into agitation. [Not used.]

QUAKE, n. A shake; a trembling; a shudder; a tremulous agitation.

Shake - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

SHAKE, v.t. pret. shook; pp. shaken.

1. To cause to move with quick vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to agitate; as, the wind shakes a tree; an earthquake shakes the hills or the earth.

I shook my lap, and said, so God shake out every man from his house-

Neh 5

He shook the sacred honors of his head. Dryden.

-As a fig casteth her untimely fruit, when it is shaken of a mighty wind.

Rev 6.

2. To make to totter or tremble.

The rapid wheels shake the heav'n's basis. Milton.

3. To cause to shiver; as, an ague shakes the whole frame.

4. To throw down by a violent motion.

Macbeth is ripe for shaking. Shak.

[But see shake off, which is generally used.]

5. To throw away; to drive off.

'Tis our first intent

To shake all cares and business from our age. [See Shake off.] Shak.

6. To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to endanger; to threaten to overthrow. Nothing should shake our belief in the being and perfections of God, and in our own accountableness.

7. To cause to waver or doubt; to impair the resolution of; to depress the courage of.

That ye be not soon shaken in mind. 2 Th 2.

8. To trill; as, to shake a note in music.

To shake hands, sometimes, to unite with; to aggree or contract with; more generally, to take leave of, from the practice of shaking hands at meeting and parting.

To shake off, to drive off; to throw off or down by violence; as, to shake off the dust of the feet; also, to rid one's self; to free from; to divest of; as, to shake off disease or grief; to shake off troublesome dependents.

SHAKE, v.i.

1. To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; as, the tree shakes with the wind; the house shakes in a tempest.

The foundations of the earth do shake. Isa 24.

2. To tremble; to shiver; to quake; as, a man shakes in an ague; or he shakes with cold, or with terror.

3. To totter.

Under his burning wheels

The steadfast empyrean shook throught,

All but the throne itself of God. Milton.

SHAKE, n.

1. Concussion; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and the other; agitation.

The great soldier's honor was composed of thicker stuff which could endure a shake. Herbert.

2. A trembling or shivering; agitation.

3. A motion of hands clasped.

Our salutations were very hearty on both sides, consisting of many kind shakes of the hand. Addison.

4. In music, a trill; a rapid reiteration of two notes comprehending an interval not greater than one whole tone, nor less than a semitone.

Shaken - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

SHAKEN, pp. sha'kn.

1. Impelled with a vacillating motion; agitated.

2. a. Cracked or split; as shaken timber.

Nor is the wood shaken nor twisted, as those about Capetown. Barrow.

[Our mechanics usually pronounce this shaky, forming the word from shake, like pithy, from pith.]

Stagger - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

STAGGER, v.t.

1. To reel; to vacillate; to move to one side and the other in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness.

Deep was the wound; he staggerd with the blow.

2. To fail; to cease to stand firm; to begin to give way.

The enemy staggers.

3. To hesitate; to begin to doubt and waver in purpose; to become less confident or determined.

Abraham staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief. Rom 4.

STAGGER, v.t.

1. To cause to reel.

2. To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.

Whoever will read the story of this war, will find himself much staggered.

When a prince fails in honor and justice, it is enough to stagger his people in their allegiance.

Tremble - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

TREM'BLE, v.i. [L. tremo.]

1. To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder.

Frighted Turnus trembled as he spoke.

2. To shake; to quiver; to totter.

Sinai's gray top shall tremble.

3. To quaver; to shake, as sound; as when we say, the voice trembles.

Definition

The term “tremble” means to quiver or to shake slightly and repeatedly, usually from fear or distress. The term can also be used figuratively, meaning “to be very afraid.”

• Sometimes when the ground shakes it is said to “tremble.” It can do this during an earthquake or in response to a very loud noise.
• The Bible says that in the presence of the Lord the earth will tremble. This could mean that the people of the earth will shake out of fear of God or that the earth itself will shake.
• This term could be translated as “be afraid” or “fear God” or “shake,” depending on the context.

(See also: earth, fear, Lord)

Bible References

• 2 Corinthians 7:15
• 2 Samuel 22:44-46
• Acts 16:29-31
• Jeremiah 5:22
• Luke 8:47

Word Data

• Strong’s: H1674, H2111, H2112, H2151, H2342, H2648, H2729, H2730, H2731, H5128, H5568, H6342, H6426, H6427, H7264, H7268, H7269, H7322, H7460, H7461, H7481, H7493, H7578, H8078, H8653, G17900, G51410, G51560, G54250