Strong G384ἀνασκευάζω
to upset
- Transliteration
- anaskeuazō
- Pronunciation
- an-ask-yoo-ad'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀνα-σκευάζω
(σκεῦος, a vessel),
prop, to pack up baggage, hence, to dismantle, ravage, destroy; metaphorically, to unsettle, subvert (MM, VGT, see word): ψυχάς, Act.15:24.†
(AS)
(σκεῦος, a vessel),
prop, to pack up baggage, hence, to dismantle, ravage, destroy; metaphorically, to unsettle, subvert (MM, VGT, see word): ψυχάς, Act.15:24.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G384 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- subvert1
First verses
- Acts 15:24Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνασκευ-άζω,
pack up the baggage (τὰ σκεύη), and so, carry away, remove, τὴν ἀγορὰν εἴσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.2.8, etc.)]; ἀ. τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἐκ θαλάττης divert them from naval enterprise, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.17.3, compare 1.25.7)]:— in middle, break up camp, march away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18; κατεσκευάζετο καὶ πάλιν ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.2, etc.)]
2 dismantle a place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.116)]:—in middle, dismantle one's house or city, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.18.)]
3 waste, ravage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.25 (_passive_))]; ἀ. τὰς συνθήκας break them, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.31.6)]:—in middle, τάφον[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.578f.)]
4 passive, to be bankrupt, τῆς τραπέζης ἀνασκευασθείσης[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.9, compare 49.68)]; οἱ ἀνεσκευασμένοι τῶν τραπεζιτῶν broken bankers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. passage]: _metaphorically_, ἀνεσκευάσμεθα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 602.)]
5 of logicians, demolish opponent's arguments, definitions, etc., opposed to κατασκευάζειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 43a2, compare “Rh.” 1401b4, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.18, 3rd c.BC: Polystratus Epicureus p.24 W.)]
6 reverse a decision or judgement, Vett. Val.[Refs (283.23 (_passive_): _metaphorically_, ἀ. ψυχάς)]disturb, opposed to οἰκοδομέω, [NT (NT.Act.15.24, compare 9.31.)]
7 in Medicine texts, remove, νόσον[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.8.)]
II build again, remodel, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.1.5)]:—also in middle, build, οἴκους[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.5.2.)]
pack up the baggage (τὰ σκεύη), and so, carry away, remove, τὴν ἀγορὰν εἴσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.2.8, etc.)]; ἀ. τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἐκ θαλάττης divert them from naval enterprise, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.17.3, compare 1.25.7)]:— in middle, break up camp, march away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18; κατεσκευάζετο καὶ πάλιν ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.2, etc.)]
2 dismantle a place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.116)]:—in middle, dismantle one's house or city, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.18.)]
3 waste, ravage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.25 (_passive_))]; ἀ. τὰς συνθήκας break them, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.31.6)]:—in middle, τάφον[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.578f.)]
4 passive, to be bankrupt, τῆς τραπέζης ἀνασκευασθείσης[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.9, compare 49.68)]; οἱ ἀνεσκευασμένοι τῶν τραπεζιτῶν broken bankers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. passage]: _metaphorically_, ἀνεσκευάσμεθα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 602.)]
5 of logicians, demolish opponent's arguments, definitions, etc., opposed to κατασκευάζειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 43a2, compare “Rh.” 1401b4, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.18, 3rd c.BC: Polystratus Epicureus p.24 W.)]
6 reverse a decision or judgement, Vett. Val.[Refs (283.23 (_passive_): _metaphorically_, ἀ. ψυχάς)]disturb, opposed to οἰκοδομέω, [NT (NT.Act.15.24, compare 9.31.)]
7 in Medicine texts, remove, νόσον[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.8.)]
II build again, remodel, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.1.5)]:—also in middle, build, οἴκους[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.5.2.)]