Strong G2795κινέω

to move

Transliteration
kineō
Pronunciation
kin-eh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From κίω kiō (poetic for [εἶμι eimi to go]); to stir (transitively) literally or figuratively: - (re-) move (-r) way.

Detailed definition

κινέω, -ῶ
[in LXX for נוּעַ hi., רָמַשׂ, etc.;]
1. to set in motion, move: Mat.23:4; τ. κεφαλήν (Psa.22:8, al.), Mat.27:39, Mrk.15:29; pass. (cf. Gen.7:21), Act.17:28.

2. to remove: Rev.2:5 6:14.

3. to excite, stir up: Act.24:5; pass., Act.21:30 (cf. μετα-, συν-κινέω).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2795 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • move4
  • wag2
  • mover1
  • remove1

First verses

  1. Matthew 23:4
    For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
  2. Matthew 27:39
    And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
  3. Mark 15:29
    And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
  4. Acts 17:28
    For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
  5. Acts 21:30
    And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
  6. Acts 24:5
    For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
  7. Revelation 2:5
    Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
  8. Revelation 6:14
    And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κῑνέω,
aorist ἐκίνησα, Epic dialect κίνησα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.730, etc.:)] —middle and passive, future κινήσομαι (in passive sense) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 182c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.51, -ηθήσομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 796, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 545d)], etc.: aorist middle (Epic dialect) κινήσαντο [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 2.582)]: aorist passive ἐκινήθην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐκίνηθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.280: (compare κίω))]:—set in motion, ἄγε κινήσας, of Hermes leading the souls, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.5)]; simply, move, οὐδέ τι κινῆσαι μελέων ἦν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8.298; κ. θύρην 22.394; κ. κάρη 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.442, etc.; Ζέφυρος κ. λήϊον 2.147; κ. ὄμμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 866; ναῦς ἐκίνησεν πόδα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 940 (Lyric poetry))], etc.; σκληρὰ ἡ γῆ ἔσται κινεῖν, i.e. plough, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 16.11)]; κ. δόρυ, of a warrior about to attack, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 607; κ. στρατιάν [prev. author] “Rh.” 18 (_anapaest meter_); κ. ὅπλα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.82)]; κ. σκάφην rock a cradle, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 36 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]
b in later Gr., set in motion a process of law, etc., [Refs (“PKlein.Form.” 405, etc.)]
2 remove a thing from its place, ἀνδριάντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.183; γῆς ὅρια 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 842e)]; κ. τι τῶν ἀκινήτων meddle with things sacred, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.134, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1061, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.98)]; κ. τὰ χρήματα ἐς ἄλλο τι apply them to an alien purpose, [LXX+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.24; κ. τῶν χρημάτων [prev. author] 1.143, 6.70; κ. τὸ στρατόπεδον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.27, etc. (κινεῖν alone, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.54.2, cf. LXX.Gen.20.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Dio” 27))]; change, innovate, νόμαια [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80; τοὺς πατρίους νόμους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1268b28; τῶν κειμένων νόμων 7th c.BC: Zaleucus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.2.19)]:—passive, νόμιμα κινούμενα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 797b; ἰατρικὴ κινηθεῖσα παρὰ τὰ πάτρια 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1268b35)]: so absolutely in active, change treatment, [Refs ([prev. work] 1286a13.)]
3 Grammars, inflect, τὰ ῥήματα ἐκίνει τὸ τέλος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 104.15:)] —more usually in passive, κατὰ τὸ τέλος κινεῖσθαι[Refs ([prev. work] 104.10.)]
4 alter a manuscript reading, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 7.3.4.)]
II disturb, of a wasps' nest, τοὺς δ᾽ εἴ πέρ τις.. κινήσῃ ἀέκων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.264)]; arouse, κ. τινὰ ἐξ ὕπνου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 690)]; urge on, φόβος κ. τινά [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 289)]; φυγάδα πρόδρομον κινήσασα having driven him in headlong flight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 109 (Lyric poetry))]; κ. ἐπιρρόθοις κακοῖσιν attack, assail,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 413; μήτηρ κ. κραδίαν, κ. δὲ χόλον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 99 (_anapaest meter_); ἐάν με κινῇς καὶ ποιήσῃς τὴν χολὴν.. ζέσαι 4th c.BC: Anaxippus Comicus 2)]; κ. τινά incite or stir one up to speak, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 329e, “Ly.” 223a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.2)]; κ. τὰ πολλὰ καὶ ἄτοπα stir up.. questions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 163a)]; call in question an assumption, τὰ μέγιστα κ. τῶν μαθηματικῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 271b11, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 27; κ. τὸ τὰ ἄκρα.. ἀνταίρειν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.1.12, compare 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.1.6; ὁ κινῶν [τὰ φαινόμενα] λόγος 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.360)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1526)]; κινεῖται γὰρ εὐθύς μοι χολή my bile is stirred, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 69.5; κεκινῆσθαι πρός τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.1.)]
II.2 set going, cause, call forth, φθέγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 18; πατρὸς στόμα [prev. author] “OC” 1276; μῦθον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 302; λόγον περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 450a; πάντα κ. λόγον [prev. author] “Phlb.” 15e; κ. ὀδύνην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 974 (_anapaest meter_); κακά [prev. author] “OT” 636; πάθος 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.4)] K.; πόλεμον, πολέμους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 566e; Ἐμπεδοκλέα.. πρῶτον ῥητορικὴν κεκινηκέναι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 65.)]
II.3 in Medicine texts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (κ. οὔρησιν, οὖρα, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.109, 127; κοιλίαν [prev. work]6.)]
II.4 obscene meaning, κ. γυναῖκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 233.3 (nisi to be read ἐβίνουν),compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1052 (variant), “Eq.” 364, “Nu.” 1103 (Lyric poetry, _passive_), +others, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.7 (from Nicander))]; κ. τὰ σκέλεα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 5.2.)]
II.5 phrases: κ. πᾶν χρῆμα turn every stone, try every way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.96)]; μὴ κ. εὖ κείμενον 'let sleeping dogs lie', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 15c)]; μὴ κίνει Καμάριναν, ἀκίνητος γὰρ ἀμείνων Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius)]; κινεῦντα μηδὲ κάρφος 'not stirring a finger', [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.67, compare 1.55; μηδ᾽ ὀδόντα κινῆσαι [prev. author] 3.49)]; κ. τὸν ἀπ᾽ ἴρας πύματον λίθον 'play the last card', [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 82 (assuming variant).)]
II.6 in Law, πολιτικῶς κ. κατά τινος employ civil action against, [Refs (“Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 4.20.13.1.)]
B passive, to be put in motion, go, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.47)]; <κι>νηθεὶς ἐπῄει uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 101)]: generally, to be moved, stir, κινήθη ἀγορή, ἐκίνηθεν φάλαγγες, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.144, 16.280)]; of an earthquake, Δῆλος ἐκινήθη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.98, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.8; θύελλα κινηθεῖσα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1660)]; τί κεκίνητα; what motion is this? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1226 (_anapaest meter_))]; κινεῖσθαι, opposed to ἑστάναι, motion, opposed to rest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 250b, etc.)]; ὥσπερ χορδαὶ ἐν λύρᾳ συμπαθῶς κινηθεῖσαι vibrating in unison, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.4.8.)]
B.2 of persons, to be moved, stirred, ὁ κεκινημένος one who is agitated, excited, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 245b, compare 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 45.25, +others; κ. παθητικῶς 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.193 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
B.3 of dancing, κ. τῷ σώματι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 656a.)]
B.4 move forward, of soldiers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1371, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 139, “Ph.” 107)]; but κ. ἐκ τῆς τάξεως leave the ranks, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.22.)]
B.5 to be disturbed or in rebellion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 39.54, 42.15, +others)]
B.6 κεκινημένος περί τι, Latin versatus in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 908d.)]