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Strong's G4531 · Greek

σαλεύω

saleuo · sal-yoo'-o

from 4535; to waver, i.e. agitate, rock, topple or (by implication) destroy; figuratively, to disturb, incite


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

σαλεύω (G4531)

15 σαλεύω ( σάλος ), [in LXX for מוּט , נוּעַ , etc. ;] prop., of the action of wind, storm, etc., to agitate, shake : of a reed, Mt 11:7 , Lk 7:24 ; a house, Lk 6:48 , Ac 4:31 16:26 ; the earth, He 12:26 ; the heavenly bodies, Mt 24:29 , Mk 13:25 , Lk 21:26 ; of a vessel shaken in filling, Lk 6:38 . Metaph., to shake , i.e. to render insecure: τὰ σαλευόμενα, τὰ μὴ. , He 12:27 ; c. acc pers., to cast down from a sense of security and happiness: Ac 2:25 (LXX) ; to unsettle or drive away : pass., seq. ἀπὸ τ. νοός , II Th 2:2 ; to stir up : τ. ὄχλους , Ac 17:13 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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