STRONGS G5015:
ταράσσω; imperfect
ἐτάρασσόν; 1 aorist
ἐταραξα; passive, present imperative 3 person singular
ταρασσέσθω; imperfect
ἐταρασσομην; perfect
τεταραγμαι; 1 aorist
ἐταράχθην; from
Homer down;
to agitate, trouble (a thing, by the movement of its parts to and fro);
a. properly:
τό ὕδωρ,
John 5:4 (
R L),7 (
Ezekiel 32:2;
τόν Πόντον,
Homer, Odyssey 5, 291;
τό πέλαγος,
Euripides, Tro. 88;
τόν ποταμόν,
Aesop fab. 87 (25)).
b. tropically, "to cause one inward commotion, take away his calmness of mind, disturb his equanimity; to disquiet, make restless" (the
Sept. for
בִּהֵל, etc.; passive,
ταράσσομαι for
רָגַז, to be stirred up, irritated);
α. to stir up:
τόν ὄχλον,
Acts 17:8; (
τούς ὄχλους,
Acts 17:13 L T Tr WH).
β. to trouble:
τινα, to strike one's spirit with fear or dread, passive,
Matthew 2:3;
Matthew 14:26;
Mark 6:50;
Luke 1:12; (
Luke 24:38);
1 Peter 3:14;
παράσσεται ἡ καρδία,
John 14:1,
27; to affect with great pain or sorrow:
ἑαυτόν (cf. our
to trouble oneself),
John 11:33 (
A. V. was troubled (some understand the word here of bodily agitation)) (
σεαυτόν μή ταρασσε,
Antoninus 4, 26);
τετάρακται ἡ ψυχή,
John 12:27 (
Psalm 6:4);
ἐταράχθη τῷ πνεύματι,
John 13:21.
γ. to render anxious or distressed, to perplex the mind of one
by suggesting scruples or doubts (
Xenophon, mem. 2, 6, 17):
Galatians 1:7;
Galatians 5:10;
τιναλόγοις,
Acts 15:24. (Compare:
διαπαράσσω,
ἐκπαράσσω.)
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