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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 John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:29 - “Immediately after the distress of those days “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:25 - the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:38

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:24 - After John’s messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:26 - People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:25 - David said about him: “ ‘I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:31 - After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:26 - Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:13 - But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:2 - not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already 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, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:27 - The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
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