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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:7 - And as these went their way, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:29 - But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:25 - and the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:38 - give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:24 - And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:26 - men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:25 - For David saith concerning him,
I beheld the Lord always before my face;
For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:31 - And when they had prayed, the place was shaken wherein they were gathered together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:26 - and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened; and every one’s bands were loosed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:13 - But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed of Paul at Beroea also, they came thither likewise, stirring up and troubling the multitudes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:2 - to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:26 - whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:27 - And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.
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