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Lexicon :: Strong's G4531 - saleuō

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σαλεύω
Transliteration
saleuō (Key)
Pronunciation
sal-yoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:65,996

Strong’s Definitions

σαλεύω saleúō, sal-yoo'-o; from G4535; to waver, i.e. agitate, rock, topple or (by implication) destroy; figuratively, to disturb, incite:—move, shake (together), which can(-not) be shaken, stir up.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G4531 in the following manner: shake (10x), move (1x), shake together (1x), that are shaken (1x), which cannot be shaken (with G3361) (1x), stir up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G4531 in the following manner: shake (10x), move (1x), shake together (1x), that are shaken (1x), which cannot be shaken (with G3361) (1x), stir up (1x).

  1. a motion produced by winds, storms, waves, etc

    1. to agitate or shake

    2. to cause to totter

    3. to shake thoroughly, of a measure filled by shaking its contents together

  2. to shake down, overthrow

    1. to cast down from one's (secure and happy) state

    2. to move, agitate the mind, to disturb one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σαλεύω saleúō, sal-yoo'-o; from G4535; to waver, i.e. agitate, rock, topple or (by implication) destroy; figuratively, to disturb, incite:—move, shake (together), which can(-not) be shaken, stir up.
STRONGS G4531:
σαλεύω; 1 aorist ἐσάλευσα; passive, present participle σαλευόμενος; perfect participle σεσαλευμενος; 1 aorist ἐσαλευθην; 1 future σαλευθήσομαι; (σάλος, which see); from Aeschylus and Aristophanes down; in the Sept., passive σαλεύομαι for מוט and נוּעַ;
a. properly, of the motion produced by winds, storms, waves, etc.; to agitate or shake: κάλαμον, passive, Matthew 11:7; Luke 7:24; to cause to totter, τάς δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν, passive, Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:25; Luke 21:26; τήν γῆν, Hebrews 12:26 (Isaiah 24:20; Amos 9:5); an edifice, Luke 6:48; Acts 4:31; Acts 16:26; τά μή σαλευόμενα, the things which are not shaken, i. e. the perfect state of things which will exist after the return of Christ from heaven and will undergo no change, opposed to τά σαλευόμενα, the present order of things subject to vicissitude and decay, Hebrews 12:27. To shake thoroughly, of a measure filled by shaking its contents together, Luke 6:38.
b. to shake down, overthrow, i. e. tropically, to cast down from one's (secure and happy) state, Acts 2:25 (from Psalm 15:8 (Ps. 16:8)); by a tropical use foreign to secular authors, to move or agitate the mind, to disturb one:τινα ἀπό τοῦ νως, so as to throw him out of his sober and natural mental state (Buttmann, 322 (277)), 2 Thessalonians 2:2; τούς ὄχλους, to stir up, Acts 17:13.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
16:8
Isaiah
24:20
Amos
9:5
Matthew
11:7; 24:29
Mark
13:25
Luke
6:38; 6:48; 7:24; 21:26
Acts
2:25; 4:31; 16:26; 17:13
2 Thessalonians
2:2
Hebrews
12:26; 12:27

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4531 matches the Greek σαλεύω (saleuō),
which occurs 15 times in 14 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:7 -

Now as these men were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken G4531 by the wind?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:29 -

“But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from [fn]the sky, and the POWERS OF [fn]THE HEAVENS will be shaken G4531.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:25 - AND THE STARS WILL BE FALLING from heaven, AND THE POWERS THAT ARE IN [fn]THE HEAVENS will be shaken G4531.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:38 - “Give, and it will be given to you. They will [fn]pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken G4531 together G4531, running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - he is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the river burst against that house and could not shake G4531 it, because it had been well built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:24 -

And when the messengers of John had left, He began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken G4531 by the wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:26 - men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the [fn]world; for the POWERS OF [fn]THE HEAVENS will be shaken G4531.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:25 - “For David says of Him,

‘I SAW THE [fn]LORD CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME;

BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, SO THAT I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN G4531.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:31 - And when they had prayed earnestly, the place where they had gathered together was shaken G4531, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with confidence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:26 - And suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the jailhouse were shaken G4531; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:13 - But when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there as well, shaking G4531 up G4531 and disturbing the crowds.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:2 - that you not be quickly shaken G4531 in your mind or be alarmed whether by a spirit or a word or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:26 - And His voice shook G4531 the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:27 - Now this expression, “Yet once more,” indicates the removing of those things which can be shaken G4531, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken G4531 may remain.
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