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σαλεύω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
σαλεύω
Greek transliteration: 
saleuō
Simplified transliteration: 
saleuo
Principal Parts: 
-, ἐσάλευσα, -, σεσάλευμαι, ἐσαλεύθην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4531
GK Number: 
4888
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
15
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1a(6)
Gloss: 
to shake up; agitate; (pass.) to be shaken, swayed, unsettled
Definition: 
to make to rock, to shake, Mt. 11:7; 24:29; Mk. 13:25; Lk. 6:38, 48; 7:24; 21:26; Acts 4:31; 16:26; Heb. 12:26; met. to stir up, excite the people, Acts 17:13; to agitate, disturb mentally, Acts 2:25; 2 Thess. 2:2; pass. impl. to totter, be ready to fall, be near to ruin, met. Heb. 12:36, 27*

Greek-English Concordance for σαλεύω

Matthew 11:7 As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken (saleuomenon | σαλευόμενον | pres pass ptcp acc sg masc) by the wind?
Matthew 24:29 “Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky and the powers of the heavens will be shaken (saleuthēsontai | σαλευθήσονται | fut pass ind 3 pl).
Mark 13:25 and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken (saleuthēsontai | σαλευθήσονται | fut pass ind 3 pl).
Luke 6:38 give, and it will be given to you — good measure, pressed down, shaken (sesaleumenon | σεσαλευμένον | perf pass ptcp acc sg neut) together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For by what measure you measure, it will be measured in return to you.”
Luke 6:48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on bedrock; when a flood arose, the river broke against that house but could not shake (saleusai | σαλεῦσαι | aor act inf ) it, because it had been well built.
Luke 7:24 When John’s messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed being (saleuomenon | σαλευόμενον | pres pass ptcp acc sg masc) shaken (saleuomenon | σαλευόμενον | pres pass ptcp acc sg masc) by the wind?
Luke 21:26 people fainting with fear and foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken (saleuthēsontai | σαλευθήσονται | fut pass ind 3 pl).
Acts 2:25 For David says regarding him, ‘I foresaw the Lord before me always, for he is at my right hand that I (saleuthō | σαλευθῶ | aor pass subj 1 sg) may (saleuthō | σαλευθῶ | aor pass subj 1 sg) not be shaken (saleuthō | σαλευθῶ | aor pass subj 1 sg);
Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was (esaleuthē | ἐσαλεύθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) shaken (esaleuthē | ἐσαλεύθη | aor pass ind 3 sg), and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.
Acts 16:26 Suddenly there was a violent earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were (saleuthēnai | σαλευθῆναι | aor pass inf ) shaken (saleuthēnai | σαλευθῆναι | aor pass inf ); and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.
Acts 17:13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that also in Berea the word of God was proclaimed by Paul, they came there too, inciting (saleuontes | σαλεύοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) and stirring up the crowds.
2 Thessalonians 2:2 not to (saleuthēnai | σαλευθῆναι | aor pass inf ) be (saleuthēnai | σαλευθῆναι | aor pass inf ) quickly shaken (saleuthēnai | σαλευθῆναι | aor pass inf ) out of your wits or disturbed, either by a prophecy or by a spoken word or by a letter purporting to come from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.
Hebrews 12:26 At that time his voice shook (esaleusen | ἐσάλευσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more will I shake not only the earth but also the heaven.”
Hebrews 12:27 The phrase, “Yet once more,” declares the removal of what can be shaken (saleuomenōn | σαλευομένων | pres pass ptcp gen pl neut) — that is, created things — so that what cannot be (saleuomena | σαλευόμενα | pres pass ptcp nom pl neut) shaken (saleuomena | σαλευόμενα | pres pass ptcp nom pl neut) may remain.