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Lexicon :: Strong's G4579 - seiō

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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 32 times in 32 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4 - O Lord, in thy going forth on Seir, when thou wentest forth out of the land of Edom, the earth quaked and the heaven dropped dews, and the clouds dropped water.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:8 - And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was wroth with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:6 - Who shakes the earth under heaven from its foundations, and its pillars totter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:28 - I quake in all my limbs, for I know that thou wilt not leave me alone as innocent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:8 - (LXX 67:9) the earth quaked, yea, the heavens dropped water at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:21 - By three thing the earth is troubled, and the fourth it cannot bear:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:13 - For he said, I will act in strength, and in the wisdom of my understanding I will remove the boundaries of nations, and will spoil their strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:13 - For the heaven shall be enraged, and the earth shall be shaken from her foundation, because of the fierce anger of the Lord of hosts, in the day in which his wrath shall come on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:16 - They that see thee shall wonder at thee, and say, [fn]This is the man that troubled the earth, that made kings to shake;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:4 - There shall be in that day a failure of the glory of Jacob, and the riches of his glory shall be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The Vision of Egypt. Behold, the Lord sits on a swift cloud, and shall come to Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and their heart shall faint within them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 - And it shall come to pass, that he that flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that comes up out of the pit shall be caught by the snare: for windows have been opened in heaven, and the foundations of the earth shall be shaken,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 - It reels as a drunkard and one oppressed with wine, and the earth shall be shaken as a storehouse of fruits; for iniquity has prevailed upon it, and it shall fall, and shall not be able to rise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - For these have trespassed through wine; they have erred through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are mad through strong drink, they are swallowed up by reason of wine, they have staggered [fn]through drunkenness; they have erred: this is their vision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Behold the city Sion, [fn]our refuge: thine eyes shall behold Jerusalem, a rich city, tabernacles which shall not be shaken, neither shall the pins of her tabernacle be moved for ever, neither shall her cords be at all broken:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:16 - We shall hear the neighing of his swift horses out of Dan: the whole land quaked at the sound of the neighing of his horses; and he shall come, and devour the land and the fulness of it; the city, and them that dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:21 - (LXX 30:15) For at the sound of their fall the earth was scared, and the cry of the sea was not heard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:46 - (LXX 27:46) For at the sound of the taking of Babylon the earth shall quake, and a cry shall be heard among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:29 - (LXX 28:29) The earth has quaked and been troubled, because the purpose of the Lord has risen up against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, and uninhabitable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:10 - By reason of the multitude of his horses their dust shall cover thee, and by reason of the sound of his horsemen and the wheels of his chariots thy walls shall be shaken, when he enters into thy gates, as one entering into a city from the plain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15 - For thus saith the Lord God to Sor; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, while the wounded are groaning, while they have drawn a sword in the midst of thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16 - At the sound of his fall the nations quaked, when I brought him down to Hades with them that go down to the pit: and all the trees of Delight comforted him in the heart, and the choice plants of Libanus, all that drink water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - and the fish of the sea shall quake at the presence of the Lord, and the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the field, and all the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are on the face of the earth; and the mountains shall be rent, and the valleys shall fall, and every wall on the land shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 - Before them the earth shall be confounded, and the sky shall be shaken: the sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:16 - (LXX 4:16) And the Lord shall cry out of Sion, and shall utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heaven and the earth shall be shaken, but the Lord shall spare his people, and shall strengthen the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:14 - And I will kindle a fire on the walls of Rabbath, and it shall devour her foundations with shouting in the day of war, and she shall be shaken in the days of her destruction:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:1 - I saw the Lord standing on the altar: and he said, Smite the mercy-seat, and the porch shall be shaken: and cut through into the heads of all; and I will slay the remnant of them with the sword: no one of them fleeing shall escape, and no one of them striving to save himself shall be delivered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:5 - The mountains quake at him, and the hills are shaken, and the earth recoils at his presence, even the world, and all that dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16 - Drink thou also thy fill of disgrace instead of glory: shake, O heart, and quake, the cup of the right hand of the Lord has come round upon thee, and dishonour has gathered upon thy glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 - Thou didst cut asunder the heads of princes with amazement, they shall tremble in it; they shall burst their bridles, they shall be as a poor man devouring in secret.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:6 - For thus saith the Lord Almighty; [fn] Yet once I will shake the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21 - Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, saying, I shake the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
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