Quick Definition
κλυδωνίζομαι v. I am tossed by waves
Strong's Definition
middle voice from 2830; to surge, i.e. (figuratively) to fluctuate
KJV Usage: toss to and fro
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | κατακλύζω · κατακλυσμός · κλύδων
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κλυδωνίζομαι, ptcp. κλυδωνιζόμενος ; (κλύδων); to be tossed by the waves; metaph. to be agitated (like the waves) mentally (A. V. tossed to and fro]: with dat. of instrum. παντὶ ἀνέμῳ τῆς διδασκαλίας, Eph. iv. 14 (cf. Jas. i. 65 οἱ ἄδικοι κλυδωνισθήσονται καὶ ἀναπαύσασθαι οὐ δυνήσονται, Is. lvii. 20; ὁ δῆμος ταρασσόμενος καὶ κλυδωνιζόμενος οἰχήσεται φεύγων, Joseph. antt. 9, 11, 3; κλυδωνιζόμενος _ Κλωπᾶς ἐκ τοῦ πόθου, Aristaenet. epp. 1, 26, p. 121 ed. Boissonade |ep. 27, 14 ed. Abresch]).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κλυδωνίζομαι klydōnizomai 1x
to be tossed by waves; met. to fluctuate in opinion, be agitated, tossed to and fro, Eph. 4:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† κλυδωνίζομαι
(< κλύδων), [in LXX: Is 57:20 (גּרשׁ)*;]
to be tossed by waves; metaph., to be tossed like waves (cf. FlJ, Ant., ix, 11, 3): Eph 4:14.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κλυδωνίζομαι. Vett. Val. p. 3547 τὸν κυβερνήτην κλυδωνίζεσθαι καὶ ἀστοχεῖν θαλασσομαχοῦντα. The verb κλύζω, ‘ syringe,” occurs in the medical prescriptions P Oxy II. 234-39, 48 (ii/iii A.D.): cf. the subst. 74.35 κλυσμοὶ ὠτὸς [πρὸς] πόνους, “*clysters for the ear against earache ’’ (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κλυδωνίζω (kludōnizō) — to toss. κλῠδων-ίζω, [Refs]:—elsewhere in passive, to be buffeted, swept by heavy seas, τὸν κυβερνήτην -ίζεσθαι καὶ ἀστοχεῖν θαλασσομαχοῦντα Vett.[Refs 6th c.AD+]: usually metaphorically, to be disturbed, thrown into confusion, οἱ ἄδικοι κλυδωνισθήσονται [LXX+1st c.AD+]; to be tossed about, παντὶ ἀνέμῳ τῆς διδασκαλίας [NT]