Strong G4963συστροφή
commotion/plot
- Transliteration
- sustrophē
- Pronunciation
- soos-trof-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4962; a twisting together that is (figuratively) a secret coalition riotous crowd: - + band together concourse.
Detailed definition
συ-στροφή, -ῆς, ἡ
(συστρέφω), [in LXX: Rom.4:19 13:12 (צָרַר); σ. ποιεῖσθαι, Amo.7:10 (קָשַׁר), etc.;]
1. a twisting together (Plat.).
2. a concourse, a riotous gathering (Polyb.): Act.19:40; σ. ποιεῖσθαι (Am, l.with), to make a compact (RV, banded themselves together): Act.23:12.†
(AS)
(συστρέφω), [in LXX: Rom.4:19 13:12 (צָרַר); σ. ποιεῖσθαι, Amo.7:10 (קָשַׁר), etc.;]
1. a twisting together (Plat.).
2. a concourse, a riotous gathering (Polyb.): Act.19:40; σ. ποιεῖσθαι (Am, l.with), to make a compact (RV, banded themselves together): Act.23:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4963 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- concourse1
- together1
First verses
- Acts 19:40For we are in danger to be called in question for this day’s uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
- Acts 23:12And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
συστροφ-ή, ἡ,
twisting together, σ. χαύνην λαμβάνειν to be loosely twisted, of yarn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 282e.)]
2 turning round, variant (cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.891e) in “Placita Philosophorum” 2.29.3, for συντροφή.)]
3 condensation, density, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 964a18.)]
4 plural, dealings, converse between men, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 33.)]
5 metaphorically of style, terseness, concentration, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 18, “Th.” 53, 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 8; ἐν συστροφῇ)]concisely, [Refs (PMag.Lond. 46.25.)]
II that which is rolled into one mass: hence,
II.1 collection, gathering, πλήθεος σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.9.ά)]; seditious meeting, concourse, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.34.6, NT.Act.19.40)]; κατὰ συστροφάς in knots, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.31, etc.)]; μετὰ συστροφῆς in close array, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.8)]; also, swarm of bees, [LXX (LXX.Judg.14.8 (variant))]; flock of birds, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 2.20)]; of other things, σ. δρυῶν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 1.52.)]
II.2 physical mass, aggregate, in plural, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1pp.25,28 U.)]; especially morbid collection or deposit of tubercles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 41)]; αἱ περὶ τοὺς κονδύλους σ. chalk-stones, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.30)]; σ. νεύρων a complication of nerves or sinews, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.117, “Eup.” 1.229; χάριν τοῦ.. τὰ νεῦρα καθάπερ ἐκ σ. τινος ἁπλοῦσθαι 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.101; συστροφαὶ νοσημάτων 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.”) 4)]; tumour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.664f, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.773, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus cited in [same work]19.143.)]
II.3 twisted grain in wood, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.2.3, 5.5.1.)]
II.4 συστροφή, with or without ὄμβρου, a sudden storm of rain, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.74.5, 11.24.9)]; σ. ἀνέμου, πνεύματος, whirlwind, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 374, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Ventis” 34, LXX.Hos.4.19)]; νέφη καὶ σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Antigonus Carystius Paradoxographus “Mirabilia” 40.)]
II.5 of stars, νεφελοειδὴς σ., = nebula, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Hephaestio Astrologus 1.3, compare 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 149 (_plural_), “Alm.” 7.5, +others)]
twisting together, σ. χαύνην λαμβάνειν to be loosely twisted, of yarn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 282e.)]
2 turning round, variant (cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.891e) in “Placita Philosophorum” 2.29.3, for συντροφή.)]
3 condensation, density, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 964a18.)]
4 plural, dealings, converse between men, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 33.)]
5 metaphorically of style, terseness, concentration, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 18, “Th.” 53, 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 8; ἐν συστροφῇ)]concisely, [Refs (PMag.Lond. 46.25.)]
II that which is rolled into one mass: hence,
II.1 collection, gathering, πλήθεος σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.9.ά)]; seditious meeting, concourse, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.34.6, NT.Act.19.40)]; κατὰ συστροφάς in knots, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.31, etc.)]; μετὰ συστροφῆς in close array, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.8)]; also, swarm of bees, [LXX (LXX.Judg.14.8 (variant))]; flock of birds, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 2.20)]; of other things, σ. δρυῶν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 1.52.)]
II.2 physical mass, aggregate, in plural, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1pp.25,28 U.)]; especially morbid collection or deposit of tubercles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 41)]; αἱ περὶ τοὺς κονδύλους σ. chalk-stones, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.30)]; σ. νεύρων a complication of nerves or sinews, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.117, “Eup.” 1.229; χάριν τοῦ.. τὰ νεῦρα καθάπερ ἐκ σ. τινος ἁπλοῦσθαι 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.101; συστροφαὶ νοσημάτων 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.”) 4)]; tumour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.664f, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.773, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus cited in [same work]19.143.)]
II.3 twisted grain in wood, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.2.3, 5.5.1.)]
II.4 συστροφή, with or without ὄμβρου, a sudden storm of rain, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.74.5, 11.24.9)]; σ. ἀνέμου, πνεύματος, whirlwind, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 374, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Ventis” 34, LXX.Hos.4.19)]; νέφη καὶ σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Antigonus Carystius Paradoxographus “Mirabilia” 40.)]
II.5 of stars, νεφελοειδὴς σ., = nebula, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Hephaestio Astrologus 1.3, compare 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 149 (_plural_), “Alm.” 7.5, +others)]