G4525 σαίνω (saínō)

Greek

Verb

Quick Definition

σαίνω v. I move, disturb

Strong's Definition

to wag (as a dog its tail fawningly), i.e. (generally) to shake (figuratively, disturb)

Derivation: akin to G4579 (σείω);

KJV Usage: move

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

σαίνω (G4525) — σαίνομαι

verb

31.66 · (σαίνομαι) · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Change an Opinion Concerning Truth

to give up one’s beliefs, shaken in one’s beliefs, to turn back from one’s beliefs to be so emotionally disturbed as to give up one’s beliefs

1TH 3:3

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

σαίνω : pres. inf. pass. σαίνεσθαι; (SAQ, σείων ; us prop. to wag the tail: of dogs, Hom. Od. 16,6; Ael. ν. h. 13,41; Aesop. fab. 229 ed. Halm [354 ed. Coray]; with οὐρῇ added, Od. 17, 302; Hes. theog. 771; οὐράν, Aesop l.c.; al.; see Passow [or L. and S.]s. v. I. 2. metaph. a. to flatter, fawn upon, (Aeschyl., Pind.,Soph.,al.). _b. to move (the mind of one), a. agreeably: pass. tr ἐλπίδος, Aeschyl., Oppian; ἀληθῆ σαίνει τὴν ψυχήν, Aristot. metaph. 13, 3 p.1090*, 37. B. to agitate, disturb, trouble : pass. 1 Th. iii. 3 [here A.V. move (B. 263 (226))] (here Lehm. ἀσαίνω, q.v-); of δὲ σαινόμενοι τοῖς λεγομένοις ἐδάκρυον, Diog. Laért. 8, 41.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

σαίνω sainō 1x

pr. to wag the tail; to fawn, flatter, cajole; pass. to be cajoled; to be wrought upon, to be perturbed, 1 Thess. 3:3*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* σαίνω prop. (Hom., al.), of dogs, to wag the tail, fawn.

Metaph., of persons, c. acc., to fawn upon, flatter, beguile: pass., I Th 3:3 (for conjectural emendations of the text, v. ICC, and M, Th., in l.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

σαίνω, properly of dogs ‘‘wag the tail,” ‘‘fawn” (e.g. Od. x. 217), then metaph. of persons ‘‘ fawn upon,” ‘‘ beguile” (e.g. Aesch. Choeph. 186). This gives good sense in its only NT occurrence, 1 Thess 3% τὸ μηδένα σαίνεσθαι ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσιν ταύταις: the Apostle dreaded that the Thessalonians would be ‘‘ drawn aside,” ‘‘allured,” in the midst of the afflictions which were falling upon them, cf. Zahn Zzu/. i. p. 159f. (Engl. Tr. i. p. 222). Others, however, prefer to read with FG σιένεσθαι z.c. σιαίνεσθαι, “*to be disturbed,” ‘‘troubled,”’ in support of which Nestle (ZNTW vii. δ. 361) cites two passages from the Ast. Lausiaca (ed. Butler, 1904), c. 24, p. 78, 10 and c. 35, p- 102, 16: Mercati adds further instances in ZV7W viii. p- 242. See also the quotations from papyri s.v. σιαίνομαι. Reference may be made to an art. by A. D. Knox in /7S xxv. (1924), p. 290f., where a reading Td μηδένα παθαίver Oat is conjectured, = “that none break down in their afflictions.”” > For a new literary ex. of σαίνω, where it is used practically = θέλγω, see Bacchyl. I. 55 ὁ δ᾽ εὖ ἔρδων θεοὺς ἐλπίδι κυδροτέρᾳ σαίνει κέαρ, ‘but he who is bountiful to the gods can cheer his heart with a loftier hope ’’ (Jebb).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

σαίνω (sainō) — to shake. σαίνω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect σαῖνον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἔσηνα [Refs]; Doric dialect ἔσᾱνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—properly of dogs, wag the tail, fawn, ὅτ᾽ ἂν ἀμφὶ ἄνακτα κύνες.. σαίνωσι [Refs 8th c.BC+], of the dog Argus, [Refs 8th c.BC+] wagged his tail, Hemsterhuis, compare [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. metaphorically of persons, fawn, cringe, ὑδαρεῖ σ. φιλότητι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ποτὶ ἀγγελίαν greet it with joy, [Refs]

III. with accusative person, fawn upon, κέρκῳ τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of fishes, σαίνοντες οὐραίοισι τὴν κεκτημένην [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. fawn on, pay court to, greet, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. μόρον cringe to it, seek to avert it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; παιδός με σαίνει φθόγγος greets me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φαιδρὰ γοῦν ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων σαίνει με greets me gladly from her eyes, [Refs]

III.3. gladden, especially with hope or conviction, ἐλπίδι κέαρ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so σ. τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν receive it with marks of gladness, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, σαίνομαι δ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἐλπίδος [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III.4. beguile, cozen, deceive, ἡ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐν σκότῳ λήθουσά με ἔσαιν᾽ Ἐρινύς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. μ᾽ ἔννυχος φρυκτωρία seeks to deceive me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.5. in [NT] seems to mean to be shaken, disturbed; σαινόμενοι τοῖς λεγομένοις ἐδάκρυον [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; σαίνεται· κινεῖται, σαλεύεται, ταράττεται, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; but compare σιαίνω.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

σαίνω __1. prop. (Hom., al.), of dogs, to wag the tail, fawn. __2. Metaphorical, of persons, with accusative, to fawn upon, flatter, beguile: pass., 1Th.3:3 (for conjectural emendations of the text, see ICC, and M, Th., in l).† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

3:3