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Lexicon :: Strong's G4531 - saleuō

Aa
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 BoxMat 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:7 - And when they were going away, Jesus, talking of John, said to all the people, What went you out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:29 - But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:25 - And the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers which are in the heavens will be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:38 - Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:24 - And when the men who were sent by John had gone away, he said to the people, about John, What did you go out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:26 - Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:25 - For David said of him, I saw the Lord before my face at all times, for he is at my right hand, so that I may not be moved:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:31 - And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:26 - And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:13 - But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:2 - That you may not be moved in mind or troubled by a spirit, or by a word, or by a letter as from us, with the suggestion that the day of the Lord is even now come;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:26 - Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:27 - And the words, Still one more, make it clear that there will be a taking away of those things which are shaking, as of things which are made, so that there may be only those things of which no shaking is possible.
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