Strong G4525σαίνω
to shake
- Transliteration
- sainō
- Pronunciation
- sah'ee-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Akin to G4579; to wag (as a dog its tail fawningly) that is (generally) to shake (figuratively disturb): - move.
Detailed definition
σαίνω
1. prop. (Hom., al.), of dogs, to wag the tail, fawn.
2. Metaphorical, of persons, with accusative, to fawn upon, flatter, beguile: pass., 1Th.3:3 (for conjectural emendations of the text, see ICC, and M, Th., in l).†
(AS)
1. prop. (Hom., al.), of dogs, to wag the tail, fawn.
2. Metaphorical, of persons, with accusative, to fawn upon, flatter, beguile: pass., 1Th.3:3 (for conjectural emendations of the text, see ICC, and M, Th., in l).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4525 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- move1
First verses
- 1 Thessalonians 3:3That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σαίνω,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 771)]: Epic dialect imperfect σαῖνον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.219)]: aorist ἔσηνα [Refs (17.302)]; Doric dialect ἔσᾱνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.6, “P.” 1.52)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 194)]:—properly of dogs, wag the tail, fawn, ὅτ᾽ ἂν ἀμφὶ ἄνακτα κύνες.. σαίνωσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.217; νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας 16.6; σαίνεις δάκνουσα καὶ κύων λαίθαργος εἶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 885; ἡ κύων ἔσηνε καὶ προσῆλθ᾽ 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus Comedy texts 14.5: with the _dative_ added, οὐρῇ μέν ῥ᾽ ὅ γ᾽ ἔσηνε)], of the dog Argus, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.302; σ. οὐρῇ τε καὶ οὔασι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus [same place]; ἔσαινεν οὐρᾷ με 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 687 (ἔσαινεν οὐράν)] wagged his tail, Hemsterhuis, compare [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Scholia recentia 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 704, Scholia recentia 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.109).)]
II metaphorically of persons, fawn, cringe, ὑδαρεῖ σ. φιλότητι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 798 (_anapaest meter_), compare “Pers.” 97 (Lyric poetry, assuming variant); also σ. ποτὶ πάντας 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.82)]; σ. ποτὶ ἀγγελίαν greet it with joy, [Refs ([prev. author] “O.” 4.6.)]
III with accusative person, fawn upon, κέρκῳ τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1031, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 9.604 (3rd c.BC(?): Nossis Epigrammatica))]; so of fishes, σαίνοντες οὐραίοισι τὴν κεκτημένην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 762.)]
III.2 fawn on, pay court to, greet, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.52; ὅτ᾽ ἐλεύθερος ἀτμένα σαίνει 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 1.1.19)]; σ. μόρον cringe to it, seek to avert it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 383, 704)]; παιδός με σαίνει φθόγγος greets me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1214)]; φαιδρὰ γοῦν ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων σαίνει με greets me gladly from her eyes, [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 320.)]
III.3 gladden, especially with hope or conviction, ἐλπίδι κέαρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.55; οὐ γάρ με σ. θέσφατα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 685 (Lyric poetry); τὰ λεγόμενα.. σ. τὴν ψυχήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1090a37)]; so σ. τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν receive it with marks of gladness, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 20 (uncertain, σαίνει τῇ ὑποσχέσει is probably conjecture))]:—passive, σαίνομαι δ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἐλπίδος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 194.)]
III.4 beguile, cozen, deceive, ἡ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐν σκότῳ λήθουσά με ἔσαιν᾽ Ἐρινύς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 577)]; σ. μ᾽ ἔννυχος φρυκτωρία seeks to deceive me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 55 (or in signification 111.3).)]
III.5 in [NT (NT.1Thes.3.3, σαίνεσθαι ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσι)] seems to mean to be shaken, disturbed; σαινόμενοι τοῖς λεγομένοις ἐδάκρυον [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 8.41 (or in signification 111.4))]; σαίνεται· κινεῖται, σαλεύεται, ταράττεται, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; but compare σιαίνω.
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 771)]: Epic dialect imperfect σαῖνον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.219)]: aorist ἔσηνα [Refs (17.302)]; Doric dialect ἔσᾱνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.6, “P.” 1.52)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 194)]:—properly of dogs, wag the tail, fawn, ὅτ᾽ ἂν ἀμφὶ ἄνακτα κύνες.. σαίνωσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.217; νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας 16.6; σαίνεις δάκνουσα καὶ κύων λαίθαργος εἶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 885; ἡ κύων ἔσηνε καὶ προσῆλθ᾽ 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus Comedy texts 14.5: with the _dative_ added, οὐρῇ μέν ῥ᾽ ὅ γ᾽ ἔσηνε)], of the dog Argus, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.302; σ. οὐρῇ τε καὶ οὔασι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus [same place]; ἔσαινεν οὐρᾷ με 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 687 (ἔσαινεν οὐράν)] wagged his tail, Hemsterhuis, compare [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Scholia recentia 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 704, Scholia recentia 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.109).)]
II metaphorically of persons, fawn, cringe, ὑδαρεῖ σ. φιλότητι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 798 (_anapaest meter_), compare “Pers.” 97 (Lyric poetry, assuming variant); also σ. ποτὶ πάντας 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.82)]; σ. ποτὶ ἀγγελίαν greet it with joy, [Refs ([prev. author] “O.” 4.6.)]
III with accusative person, fawn upon, κέρκῳ τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1031, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 9.604 (3rd c.BC(?): Nossis Epigrammatica))]; so of fishes, σαίνοντες οὐραίοισι τὴν κεκτημένην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 762.)]
III.2 fawn on, pay court to, greet, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.52; ὅτ᾽ ἐλεύθερος ἀτμένα σαίνει 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 1.1.19)]; σ. μόρον cringe to it, seek to avert it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 383, 704)]; παιδός με σαίνει φθόγγος greets me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1214)]; φαιδρὰ γοῦν ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων σαίνει με greets me gladly from her eyes, [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 320.)]
III.3 gladden, especially with hope or conviction, ἐλπίδι κέαρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.55; οὐ γάρ με σ. θέσφατα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 685 (Lyric poetry); τὰ λεγόμενα.. σ. τὴν ψυχήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1090a37)]; so σ. τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν receive it with marks of gladness, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 20 (uncertain, σαίνει τῇ ὑποσχέσει is probably conjecture))]:—passive, σαίνομαι δ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἐλπίδος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 194.)]
III.4 beguile, cozen, deceive, ἡ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐν σκότῳ λήθουσά με ἔσαιν᾽ Ἐρινύς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 577)]; σ. μ᾽ ἔννυχος φρυκτωρία seeks to deceive me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 55 (or in signification 111.3).)]
III.5 in [NT (NT.1Thes.3.3, σαίνεσθαι ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσι)] seems to mean to be shaken, disturbed; σαινόμενοι τοῖς λεγομένοις ἐδάκρυον [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 8.41 (or in signification 111.4))]; σαίνεται· κινεῖται, σαλεύεται, ταράττεται, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; but compare σιαίνω.