Quick Definition
I shake up, stir up, excite
Strong's Definition
figuratively, to excite
Derivation: from G303 (ἀνά) and G4579 (σείω);
KJV Usage: move, stir up
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνασείω; 1 aorist ἀνεσεισα; to shake up; tropically, to stir up, excite, rouse: τόν ὄχλον, Mar_15:11; τόν λαόν, Luk_23:5. (So in Diodorus 13, 91; 14, 10; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 8, 81.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνασείω anaseiō 2x
pr. to shake up; met. to stir up, instigate, Mar_15:11 ; Luk_23:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀνα -σείω ,
[in Aq .: 1Sa_26:19 , Job_2:3 ; Aq ., Sm .: Isa_36:18 * ;]
1. to shake out, shake back, move to and fro ( Thuc ., a1.).
2. In late writers ( Diod ., al. ; v. MM , VGT , s.v. ), to stir up ; metaph ., to excite: τ . ὄχλον , Mar_15:11 ; τ . λαόν , Luk_23:5 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνασείω [page 37]
P Tebt I. 28 .20 ( c. B.C. 114) ὑπ᾽ αὐτ̣[ῶν ] τούτων ἀναστόμενοι εὐμαρεστέρ [α ]ν ἀσχολ̣ι̣[αν ], may be thereby incited to make easier for us the performance of our duty (Edd.), i.e. to the Government a curious contrast to the normal connotation of the verb, as in Mar_15:11 , Luk_23:5 . For the literal meaning see Syll 789 .36 (iv/B.C.) ὁ δ᾽ ἐπ [ι ]σ [τ ]ά [τη ]ς [ἀνασ ] είσας τ [ὴ ]ν ὑδρίαν τὴν χαλκῆν ἑλκέτω τὸν καττ [ί ]-τ [ε ]ρον ἑκάτερον ἐμ μέρει .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀνασείω "to shake back, swing to and fro, move up and down", Hes. : esp. as a signal, Thuc. "to stir up", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-σείω
[in Aq.: 1Ki.26:19, Job.2:3; Aq., Sm.: Isa.36:18 * ;]
__1. to shake out, shake back, move to and fro (Thuc., a1.).
__2. In late writers (Diod., al.; see MM, VGT, see word), to stir up; metaphorically, to excite: τ. ὄχλον, Mrk.15:11; τ. λαόν, Luk.23:5.†
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