Strong G2351θόρυβος

commotion

Transliteration
thorubos
Pronunciation
thor'-oo-bos
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From the base of G2360; a disturbance: - tumult uproar.

Detailed definition

θόρυβος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for הָמוֹן, etc.;]
a noise, uproar, tumult, as of an excited mob: Mat.26:5 27:24, Mrk.14:2, Act.20:1 21:34 24:18; of mourners, = ὄχλος θορυβούμενος, Mrk.5:38.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2351 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • tumult4
  • uproar3

First verses

  1. Matthew 26:5
    But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
  2. Matthew 27:24
    When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
  3. Mark 5:38
    And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
  4. Mark 14:2
    But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
  5. Acts 20:1
    And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.
  6. Acts 21:34
    And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
  7. Acts 24:18
    Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
θόρῠβ-ος, ὁ,
noise, especially the confused noise of a crowded assembly, uproar, clamour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).72, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.92, etc.)]; θόρυβος βοῆς a confused clamour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1263; θ. στρατιωτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 546; θ. Πυκνίτης “Comica Adespota” 45D.; θ. παρέχειν ἐν ταῖς βουλαῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις “OGI” 48.9 (Ptolemais, 3rd c.BC))]; less frequently of an individual, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 905)]; of animals, θόρυβον δ᾽ οὐκ ἐφίλησαν ὄνων [Refs (Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2079.30.)]
2 especially in token of approbation or the contrary, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 492b, 492c:)]
2.a applause, θ. Ληναΐτης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 547; θ. καὶ ἔπαινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 339d, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.195; θόρυβον καὶ κρότον ἐποιήσατε [prev. author] 21.14.)]
2.b groans, murmurs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.15)]; μεγάλοι θόρυβοι κατέχουσ᾽ ἡμᾶς great murmurs are abroad among us, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 142 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II tumult, confusion, θ. παρασχεῖν τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.181)]; ἐς θ. ἀπικέσθαι, καταστῆναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.56, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.104; ἐγένετο ὁ θ. μέγας, in a battle, [prev. work] 14)]; κραυγὴ καὶ θ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ τοῦ καθ᾽ Ὅμηρον ἀγαθοῦ βασιλέως” p.22 O.: _plural_, θ. ὀχλώδεις καὶ παροινίαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 239.)]
II.2 confusion of mind, θορύβους ἐνθυμηματικοὺς καὶ ἀποφθεγματικοὺς παρασκευάζειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 14.9)]; ὁ παρὰ κακὰς δόξας θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.31 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, compare 40S.)]
III with infinitive, ἐς θόρυβον ἤλυθον.. λευσθῆναι I ran a risk of being stoned, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1349 (troch.). (Perh. _cognate_ with τονθορύζω.))]