Quick Definition
θροέω v. I disturb, agitate
Strong's Definition
from threomai to wail; to clamor, i.e. (by implication) to frighten
KJV Usage: trouble
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θροέω, -@: (θροός clamor, tumult); in Grk. writ. to cry aloud, make a noise by outcry; in the N. T. to trouble, frighten; Pass. pres. θροοῦμαι; to be troubled in mind, to be frightened, alarmed: Mt. xxiv. 6 [B. 243 (209)]; Mk. xiii. 7; 2 Th. ii. 2; [1 aor. ptep. OponOévres, Lk. xxiv. 37 Trmrg. WH mrg.]. (Cant. v. 4.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θροέω throeō 3x
to cry aloud; in NT pass., to be disturbed, disquieted, alarmed, terrified, Mt. 24:6; Mk. 13:7; 2 Thess. 2:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θροέω, -ῶ
(< θρόος, a noise, tumult), [in LXX: Ca 5:4 [המה*;]
in cl., to cry aloud, make an outcry.
to utter aloud.
In NT (and LXX), pass., to be troubled, as by an alarm: Mt 24:6, Mk 13:7, Lk 24:37 (WH, mg.), II Th 2:2 (cf. Kennedy, Sources, 126).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θροέω (throeō) — to alarm. θροέω, aorist ἐθρόησα, poetry θρο- [Refs 5th c.BC+] — middle and passive (see. below): (θρόος):—cry aloud, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ νοῦν θ. [Refs]; πᾶσιν to all, [Refs]; speak, say, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θρόει, τίς..; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὔφημα, ψευδῆ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, τοῦτ᾽ ἔπος -ούμενος [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. with accusative, tell out, utter aloud, τοὐμὸν πάθος [Refs 5th c.BC+]—Rare. except in Trag.; in late Prose, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. causal, scare, terrify, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be stirred. moved, of joy, ἡ κοιλία μου ἐθροήθη ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν [LXX]; of fear, μὴ θροεῖσθε [NT]