Strong G383ἀνασείω

to incite

Transliteration
anaseiō
Pronunciation
an-as-i'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G303 and G4579; figuratively to excite: - move stir up.

Detailed definition

ἀνα-σείω
[in Aq.: 1Ki.26:19, Job.2:3; Aq., Sm.: Isa.36:18 *;]
1. to shake out, shake back, move to and fro (Thuc., a1.).

2. In late writers (Diod., al.; see MM, VGT, see word), to stir up; metaphorically, to excite: τ. ὄχλον, Mrk.15:11; τ. λαόν, Luk.23:5.†
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In the Bible

Strong G383 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • move1
  • stirreth1

First verses

  1. Mark 15:11
    But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
  2. Luke 23:5
    And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνα-σείω,
poetry ἀνασσείω, Epic dialect imperfect ἀνασσείασκε[Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 403)]:— shake back, ἀνασείοντά τε κόμας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 240)]; swing to and fro, brandish, αἰγίδα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 344)]; ἀ. τὰς χεῖρας wave the hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.38; ἀ. φοινικίδας 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.51.)]
2 brandish at one, threaten with, εἰσαγγελίαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.47; βοὴν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 347)] (παρὰ προσδοκίαν).
3 shake out, ὑδρίαν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 2.104a36 (4th c.BC))]; πάντα κάλων shake out every reef, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.327, +others; ἀ. τὰ ἱστία 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.12, compare “VS” 2.32; πάσας τὰς ἡνίας 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.214; τὴν χλαμύδα 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.6.)]
II stir up, τὰ πλήθη[NT+5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.290 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.81, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.91, NT.Mark.15.11, NT.Luke.23.5)]:—passive, to be incited, encouraged, with infinitive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 28.20 (2nd c.BC).)]