Strong G4531σαλεύω

to shake

Transliteration
saleuō
Pronunciation
sal-yoo'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G4535; to waver that is agitate 6
rock topple or (by implication) destroy; figuratively to disturb incite: - move shake (together) which can [-not] be shaken stir up.

Detailed definition

σαλεύω
(σάλος), [in LXX for מוֹט, זוּעַ, etc.;]
prop., of the action of wind, storm, etc., to agitate, shake: of a reed, Mat.11:7, Luk.7:24; a house, Luk.6:48, Act.4:31 16:26; the earth, Heb.12:26; the heavenly bodies, Mat.24:29, Mrk.13:25, Luk.21:26; of a vessel shaken in filling, Luk.6:38. Metaphorical,
__(a) to shake, i.e. to render insecure: τὰ σαλευόμενα, τὰ μὴ., Heb.12:27;
__(b) with accusative of person(s), to cast down from a sense of security and happiness: Act.2:25 (LXX);
__(with) to unsettle or drive away: pass., before ἀπὸ τ. νοός, 2Th.2:2;
__(d) to stir up: τ. ὄχλους, Act.17:13.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4531 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • shaken10
  • shake2
  • be1
  • move1
  • should1
  • stir1
  • thing1

First verses

  1. Matthew 11:7
    And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
  2. Matthew 24:29
    Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
  3. Mark 13:25
    And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
  4. Luke 6:38
    Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
  5. Luke 6:48
    He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
  6. Luke 7:24
    And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
  7. Luke 21:26
    Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
  8. Acts 2:25
    For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
  9. Acts 4:31
    And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
  10. Acts 16:26
    And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.
  11. Acts 17:13
    But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
  12. 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.
  13. Hebrews 12:26
    Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
  14. Hebrews 12:27
    And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
See every occurrence

Occurrences by book

Related words

Detailed Greek dictionary
σαλ-εύω,
future σαλεύσω [LXX (LXX.Wis.4.19)]: aorist ἐσάλευσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.95, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.83)]:— passive, future σαλευθήσομαι [LXX+NT (LXX.Sir.16.18, NT.Luke.21.26)]: aorist ἐσαλεύθην [LXX+NT+5th c.BC+ (LXX.1Mac.9.13, NT.Act.4.31, NT.2Thes.2.2, variant in 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator [same place]:)]perfect σεσάλευμαι (see. below): (σάλος):—cause to rock, make to vibrate or oscillate, with accusative, [τὰς ἀγκύρας] οὐδεὶς χειμὼν σαλεύει [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 3.1.29)]; σ. τρικυμίᾳ πέδον, of the sea, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 475)]; of an earthquake, [LXX+1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.83 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus), compare 259 ([prev. author]): _metaphorically_, δόξαν σ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1123f, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.56, 337, etc.; σ. τινὰ ἐκ θεμελίων LXX.Wis.4.19; ἐπιστολαὶ δυνάμεναι λίθον σαλεῦσαι)]heartrending, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 528.12 (2nd c.AD))]; σ. τοὺς ὄχλους stir them up, [LXX+NT (NT.Acts.17.13, cf. LXX.Sir.28.14)]:—passive, to be shaken to and fro, waver, totter, reel, χθὼν σεσάλευται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1081; κύκλος σαλευόμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 79e, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 857a7, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lassitudine” 11)]; of teeth or nails, to be loosened, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.871, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.3)]; of persons, ἐκ Βρομίου γυῖα σαλευόμενον [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.26 (6th c.AD: Marcus Argentarius Epigrammaticus), compare 12.31 (Phanias Epigrammaticus))]; ὑφ᾽ ἡδονῆς σαλευομένη κορώνη [Refs 7th c.BC+ (Scholia 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 1009 (wrongly attributed to 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus, “fragment” 102))]; later simply, stir, move, κατεσχέθην νόσῳ.. ὡς μὴ δύνασθαι μηδὲ σαλεύεσθαι [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PSI” 4.299.4 (3rd c.AD).)]
2 shake in measuring, so as to give good measure, μέτρον σεσαλευμένον [NT (NT.Luke.6.38; compare σαλάσσω 11.)]
II intransitive, move up and down, roll, toss, especially of ships in a stormy sea or persons in them, σ. ἐν πλοίοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.17, compare 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 10.4, etc.)]: generally, put out to sea, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Μιθριδάτειος” 77)]: metaphorically, toss like a ship at sea, to be tempest-tossed, be in sore distress, πόλις γὰρ.. ἄγαν ἤδη σαλεύει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 23; πρόδοτος δὲ.. σ. Ἠλέκτρα [prev. author] “El.” 1074 (Lyric poetry); ὅταν.. σαλεύῃ πόλις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 249 (Lyric poetry), compare “OGI” 515.47 (Mylasa, 3rd c.AD))]; ἐν νόσοις ἢ γήρᾳ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 923b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 883a34)]; ἐν κινδύνῳ σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 10.11; σ. ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Fragmenta” 48)]; to be unstable, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 6.121)]; flicker, of the eye-balls in nystagmus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).68)]; oscillate, of the λόγος ἐνδιάθετος, ἐν τούτοις [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.65.)]
II.2 of ships also, ἐπ᾽ ἀγκυρῶν ride at anchor, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 2.2.7: _metaphorically_, ὡς ἐπ᾽ ἀγκύρας τῆς φύσεως σ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.493d; σ. ἐπὶ τῶν ἐλπίδων 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 1.26)]; also ὁρῶν ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ τούτῳ μόνῳ (i.e. τῷ υἱῷ) σαλεύοντας [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 38)]; γραῦν ἐπὶ ἑνὶ γομφίῳ σ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.28, compare “POxy.” 472.50 (2nd c.AD))]; ἐπὶ τοιούτοις παραγγέλμασιν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 2.12 (hence later in a causal sense, σ. ἐπί τινι τὰς ἐλπίδας)] anchor them upon.., [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.33).)]
II.3 metaphorically, roll like a ship, roll in one's walk, of persons with the hip-joints far apart, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 56.)]