Quick Definition
I move, stir, excite
Strong's Definition
to stir (transitively), literally or figuratively
Derivation: from (poetic for , to go);
KJV Usage: (re-)move(-r), way
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κινέω, κίνω; future κινήσω; 1 aorist infinitive κινῆσαι; passive, present κινοῦμαι; 1 aorist ἐκινήθην; (from κίω, poetic for ἸΩ, εἰμί, Curtius, § 57; hence)
1. properly, to cause to go, i. e. to move, set in motion (from Homer down);
a. properly, in passive (cf. Winers Grammar, 252 (237)) to be moved, move: of that motion which is evidence of life, Act_17:28 (Gen_7:21); κινεῖν δακτύλῳ φορτία, to move burdens with a finger, Mat_23:4; τήν κεφαλήν, to move to and fro (A. V. wag) (expressive of derision), Mat_27:39; Mar_15:29 (the Sept. for ψΙΰωΡ δΕπΔιςΗ), Psa_21:8 (); Job_16:4; Sir_12:18, etc.);
b. to move from a place, to remove: τί ἐκ τοῦ τόπου, Rev_2:5; ἐκ τῶν τόπων, passive, Rev_6:14.
2. Metaphorically, to move i. e. excite: στάσιν, a riot, disturbance, Act_24:5 ((see στάσις, 2); ταραχήν, Josephus, b. j. 2, 9, 4); τήν πόλιν, to throw into commotion, passive, Act_21:30. (Compare: μετακινέω, συγκινέω.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κινέω kineō 8x
to move, Mat_23:4 ;
to excite, agitate, Act_21:30 ; Act_24:5 ;
to remove, Rev_2:5 ; Rev_6:14 ;
in NT κεφαλήν , to shake the head in derision, Mat_27:39 ; Mar_15:29 ;
mid., to move, possess the faculty of motion, exercise the functions of life, Act_17:28 * a rouse; move; stir.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κινέω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX for H5128 hi ., H7430 , etc.;]
1. to set in motion, move: Mat_23:4 ; τ . κεφαλήν ( Psa_22:8 , al. ), Mat_27:39 , Mar_15:29 ; pass . ( cf. Gen_7:21 ), Act_17:28 .
2. to remove: Rev_2:5 ; Rev_6:14 .
3. to excite, stir up: Act_24:5 ; pass ., Act_21:30 ( cf. μετα -, συν -κινέω ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κινέω [page 344]
κινέω is used in the sense of moving away from a place in PSI V. 534 .6 (iii/B.C.) οὐ δύναμαι οὖν ἐντεῦθεν κινηθῆναι ἕως ἂν τ̣[οὺ ]ς λοιποὺς ἀποστείλωι (for form cf. Mayser Gr. p. 1 34 f.), and similarly of articles in P Oxy VIII. 1121 .18 (A.D. 295) ἐπιστάντες τοῖς καταλιφθεῖσι ὑπ᾽ αὐτῆς κεινουμένοις τε πλείστοις , possessing themselves of the extensive movables left by her (Ed.). Two lines earlier in this last papyrus the verb is used metaphorically τίνι λόγῳ ἢ πόθεν κεινηθέντες , on what ground or with what impulse (Ed.) : cf. the very illiterate ib. III. 528 .13 (ii/A.D.) οὕτως ὑ λόγυ συ καικίνηκάν με , so much have your words moved me, also BGU I. 8ii. 8 (A.D. 247) ἔν̣ [τε ] κεινητοῖς καὶ ἀκεινητοῖς , and P Gen I. 54 .32 (iv/A.D.) οὐκ ἠθελήσαμεν τὸ πρᾶγμα κινῆσαι . This last ex. leads to the stronger sense of stir, excite, as in the account of a Jewish revolt at Alexandria, P Par 68 A.6. (Rom.) θορυβ ]ὸς ἐκινήθη (cf. Act_24:5 ), and in P Oxy II. 237 vii. 26 (A.D. 186) where an advocate slates that his client had had good reason for being provoked μὴ χωρὶς λόγου . . κεκεινῆσθαι . With the usage in Act_17:28 Sharp (p. 76) compares Epict. ii. 20. 18 πῶς γὰρ δύναται ἄμπελος μὴ ἀμπελικῶς κινεῖσθαι , ἀλλ᾽ ἐλαϊκῶς ;
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κινέω pf "to set in motion, to move", Hom. , attic "to move or remove" a thing from its place, Hdt. ; κ. τὰ ἀκίνητα "to meddle with" things sacred, id=Hdt. , Soph. ; κ. τὰ χρήματα ἐς ἄλλο τι "to apply" them to an alien purpose, Hdt. ;— κ. τὸ στρατόπεδον, Lat. castra movere, Xen. :— "to change, innovate", τὰ νόμαια Hdt. "to rouse, disturb", of a wasps' nest, Il. : "to stir up, arouse, urge on", Trag. , etc. "to set agoing, cause, call forth", Soph. , etc.:—proverb., κ. πᾶν χρῆμα to turn every stone, try every way, Hdt. Pass. "to be put in motion, to be moved, move, stir", Il. , Hdt. , attic "to move forward", of soldiers, Soph. , Xen. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κινέω, -ῶ
[in LXX for נוּעַ hi., רָמַשׂ, etc. ;]
__1. to set in motion, move: Mat.23:4; τ. κεφαλήν (Psa.22:8, al.), Mat.27:39, Mrk.15:29; pass. (cf. Gen.7:21), Act.17:28.
__2. to remove: Rev.2:5 6:14.
__3. to excite, stir up: Act.24:5; pass., Act.21:30 (cf. μετα-, συν-κινέω).†
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