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Lexicon :: Strong's G3349 - meteōrizomai

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μετεωρίζομαι
Transliteration
meteōrizomai (Key)
Pronunciation
met-eh-o-rid'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of μετά (G3326) and a collateral form of αἴρω (G142) or perhaps rather ἀήρ (G109) (cf "meteor")
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:630,*

Strong’s Definitions

μετεωρίζω meteōrízō, met-eh-o-rid'-zo; from a compound of G3326 and a collateral form of G142 or perhaps rather G109 (compare "meteor"); to raise in mid-air, i.e. (figuratively) suspend (passively, fluctuate or be anxious):—be of doubtful mind.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G3349 in the following manner: be of a doubtful mind (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G3349 in the following manner: be of a doubtful mind (1x).

  1. to rise up on high

    1. to put a ship [out to sea] up upon the deep

    2. to raise up fortifications

  2. metaph.

    1. to lift up one's soul, raise his spirits

      1. to buoy up with hope

      2. to inflate with pride

      3. to be elated

      4. to take one airs, be puffed up with pride

    2. by a metaphor taken from ships that are tossed about on the deep by winds and waves

      1. to cause one to waver or fluctuate in the mind

      2. to agitate or harass with cares

      3. to make anxious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μετεωρίζω meteōrízō, met-eh-o-rid'-zo; from a compound of G3326 and a collateral form of G142 or perhaps rather G109 (compare "meteor"); to raise in mid-air, i.e. (figuratively) suspend (passively, fluctuate or be anxious):—be of doubtful mind.
STRONGS G3349:
μετεωρίζω: (present imperative passive 2 person plural μετεωρίζεσθε; (see below)); (from μετέωρος in mid-air, high; raised on high; metaphorically,
a. elated with hope, Diodorus 13, 46; lofty, proud, Polybius 3, 82, 2; 16, 21, 2; the Sept. Isaiah 5:15.
b. wavering in mind, unsteady, doubtful, in suspense: Polybius 21, 10, 11; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 8, 2; b. j. 4, 2, 5; Cicero, ad Att. 5, 11, 5; 15, 14; hence, μετεωρίζω);
1. properly, to raise on high (as ναῦν εἰς τό πέλαγος, to put a ship (out to sea) up upon the deep, Latinpropellere in altum, Philostr. v. Revelation 6, 12, 3 (cf. Thucydides 8, 16, 2); τό ἔρυμα, to raise fortifications, Thucydides 4, 90): ἑαυτόν, of birds, Aelian h. a. 11, 33; passive μετεωρίζεσθαι ἤ καπνόν ἤ κονιορτόν; Xenophon, Cyril 6, 3, 5; of the wind, ἄνεμος ξηρός μετεωρισθεις, Aristophanes nub. 404; and many other examples also in secular authors; in the Sept. cf. Micah 4:1; Ezekiel 10:16; Obadiah 1:4.
2. metaphorically,
a. to lift up one's soul, raise his spirits; to buoy up with hope; to inflate with pride: Polybius 26, 5, 4; 24, 3, 6 etc.; joined with φυσαν, Demosthenes, p. 169, 23; Philo, vit. Moys. i. § 35; (quis rer. div. her. § 14, 51; cong. erud. grat. § 23); passive to be elated; to take on airs, be puffed up with pride: Aristophanes av. 1447; often in Polybius; Diodorus 11, 32, 41; 16, 18 etc.; Psalm 130:1 (Ps. 131:1); 2 Macc. 7:34; with the addition of τήν διάνοιαν, 2 Macc. 5:17. Hence, μή μετεωρίζεσθε, Luke 12:29, some (following the Vulg.nolite in sublime tolli) think should be interpreted, do not exalt yourselves, do not seek great things (Luth.fahret nicht hoch her); but this explanation does not suit the preceding context.
b. by a metaphor taken front ships that are tossed about on the deep by winds and waves, to cause one to waver or fluctuate in mind, Polybius 5, 70, 10; to agitate or harass with cares to render anxious: Philo de monarch. § 6; Schol. ad Sophocles Oed. Tyr. 914; ad Euripides, Or. 1537; hence, Luke 12:29 agreeably to its connection is best explained, neither be ye anxious, or and waver not between hope and fear (A. V. neither be ye of doubtful mind (with marginal reading Or, live not in careful suspense)). Kuinoel on Luke, the passage cited discusses the word at length; and numerous examples from Philo are given in Loesner, Observations, p. 115ff
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
130:1; 131:1
Isaiah
5:15
Ezekiel
10:16
Obadiah
1:4
Micah
4:1
Luke
12:29; 12:29
Revelation
6; 6:3; 6:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3349 matches the Greek μετεωρίζομαι (meteōrizomai),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:8 - You brought a vine out of Egypt;
you drove out the nations and planted it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 131:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:1 - A Song of Ascents. Of David.
O LORD, my heart is not lifted up;
my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
too great and too marvelous for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:28 - Do not move the ancient landmark
that your fathers have set.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:16 - And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them. And when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels did not turn from beside them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:17 - When they stood still, these stood still, and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them, for the spirit of the living creatures[fn] was in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:19 - And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth before my eyes as they went out, with the wheels beside them. And they stood at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 - Though you soar aloft like the eagle,
though your nest is set among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:1 - It shall come to pass in the latter days
that the mountain of the house of the LORD
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and it shall be lifted up above the hills;
and peoples shall flow to it,
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