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Lexicon :: Strong's G4579 - seiō

Aa
σείω
Transliteration
seiō (Key)
Pronunciation
si'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary verb
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:196,1014

Strong’s Definitions

σείω seíō, si'-o; apparently a primary verb; to rock (vibrate, properly, sideways or to and fro), i.e. (generally) to agitate (in any direction; cause to tremble); figuratively, to throw into a tremor (of fear or concern):—move, quake, shake.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G4579 in the following manner: shake (3x), move (1x), quake (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G4579 in the following manner: shake (3x), move (1x), quake (1x).

  1. to shake, agitate, cause to tremble

    1. of men, to be thrown into a tremor, to quake for fear

    2. metaph. to agitate the mind

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σείω seíō, si'-o; apparently a primary verb; to rock (vibrate, properly, sideways or to and fro), i.e. (generally) to agitate (in any direction; cause to tremble); figuratively, to throw into a tremor (of fear or concern):—move, quake, shake.
STRONGS G4579:
σείω; future σείσω (Hebrews 12:26 L T Tr WH); passive, present participle σειόμενος; 1 aorist ἐσείσθην; from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for רָעַשׁ; to shake, agitate, cause to tremble: Revelation 6:13; τήν γῆν, Hebrews 12:26 after Haggai 2:6; ἐσείσθη ἡ γῆ, Matthew 27:51 (Judges 5:4; 2 Samuel 22:8); σεισθῆναι ἀπό φοβοῦ, of men, to be thrown into a tremor, to quake for fear, Matthew 28:4; metaphorically, to agitate the mind: ἐσείσθη ἡ πόλις (R. V. was stirred) i. e. its inhabitants Matthew 21:10. (Compare: ἀνασείω, διασείω, κατασείω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Judges
5:4
2 Samuel
22:8
Haggai
2:6
Matthew
21:10; 27:51; 28:4
Hebrews
12:26; 12:26
Revelation
6:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4579 matches the Greek σείω (seiō),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:10 - When He had entered G1525 Jerusalem, G2414 all G3956 the city G4172 was stirred, G4579 saying, G3004 “Who G5101 is this?” G3778

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:51 - And behold, G2400 the [fn]veil G2665 of the temple G3485 was torn G4977 in two G1417 from top G509 to bottom; G2736 and the earth G1093 shook G4579 and the rocks G4073 were split. G4977

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:4 - The guards G5083 shook G4579 for fear G5401 of him and became G1096 like G5613 dead G3498 men. G3498

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:26 - And His voice G5456 shook G4531 the earth G1093 then, G5119 but now G3568 He has promised, G1861 saying, G3004 “YET G2089 ONCE G530 MORE G530 I WILL SHAKE G4579 NOT ONLY G3440 THE EARTH G1093, BUT ALSO G2532 THE HEAVEN G3772.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:13 - and the stars G792 of the sky G3772 fell G4098 to the earth, G1093 as a fig G4808 tree G4808 casts G906 its unripe G3653 figs G3653 when shaken G4579 by a great G3173 wind. G417
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