Strong G2360θροέω

to alarm

Transliteration
throeō
Pronunciation
thro-eh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From θρέομαι threomai (to wail); to clamor that is (by implication) to frighten: - trouble.

Detailed definition

θροέω, -ῶ
(θρόος, a noise, tumult), [in LXX: Sng.5:4 (הָמָה *;]
in cl.,

1. to cry aloud, make an outcry.

2. to utter aloud.

3. In NT (and LXX), pass., to be troubled, as by an alarm: Mat.24:6, Mrk.13:7, Luk.24:37 (WH, mg.), 2Th.2:2 (cf. Kennedy, Sources, 126).†
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In the Bible

Strong G2360 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • troubled2
  • be1
  • ye1

First verses

  1. Matthew 24:6
    And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
  2. Mark 13:7
    And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
  3. 2 Thessalonians 2:2
    That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
θροέω,
aorist ἐθρόησα, poetry θρο- [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.9, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 947, (δι-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.46:)] — middle and passive (see. below): (θρόος):—cry aloud, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus [same place], 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1410)]; παρὰ νοῦν θ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 1195 (Lyric poetry))]; πᾶσιν to all, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 67, compare “Tr.” 531)]; speak, say, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 608 (Lyric poetry))]; θρόει, τίς..; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 187 (Lyric poetry): with _accusative_ _cognate_, θ. αὐδάν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 829 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1248 (Lyric poetry); λόγον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1287 (Lyric poetry); πολλά [prev. author] “Aj.” 592)]; εὔφημα, ψευδῆ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 143 (Lyric poetry), 1345 (troch.))]:—middle, τοῦτ᾽ ἔπος -ούμενος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 510 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 with accusative, tell out, utter aloud, τοὐμὸν πάθος [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1137 (Lyric poetry); νόμον ἄνομον [prev. work] 1141 (Lyric poetry), compare 104; πᾶς τοῦτό γ᾽ Ἑλλήνων θροεῖ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 597; θάνατόν τινι θ. [prev. work] 1425.)]—Rare. except in Trag.; in late Prose, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 18.6.10, 19.1.16.)]
II causal, scare, terrify, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 180, +others)]:—passive, to be stirred. moved, of joy, ἡ κοιλία μου ἐθροήθη ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν [LXX (LXX.Cant.5.4)]; of fear, μὴ θροεῖσθε [NT (NT.Matt.24.6, cf. NT.2Thes.2.2.)]