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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:7 - As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:29 - “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:38 - give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:24 - When John’s messengers had gone, Jesus[fn] began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:26 - people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:25 - For David says concerning him,
“‘I saw the Lord always before me,
for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:31 - And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak 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 were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:13 - But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:2 - not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:26 - At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:27 - This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.
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