G5015: ταράσσω (tarássō)

G5015 ταράσσω (tarássō)

Greek

Quick Definition

ταράσσω v. I agitate, stir up, trouble

Strong's Definition

of uncertain affinity; to stir or agitate (roil water)

KJV Usage: trouble

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ταράσσω (G5015)

verb | pf.pass. τετάραγμαι · 3sg. τετάρακται · aor.pass. ἐταράχθην · subj. ταραχθῶ | διαταράσσομαι · ἐκταράσσω · ταραχή · τάραχος

16.3 · Non-Linear Movement

to cause to move, to stir up to cause movement, usually as the result of shaking or stirring This word is found as a variant reading only: ἄγγελος γὰρ κυρίου κατὰ καιρὸν κατέβαινεν ἐν τῇ κολυμβήθρᾳ καὶ ἐταράσσετο τὸ ὕδωρ ‘from time to time an angel of the Lord would come down in the pool and cause the water to move’ JHN 5:4 (apparatus).

JHN 5:7

25.244 · Attitudes and Emotions · Worry, Anxiety, Distress, Peace

to cause great mental distress (a figurative extension of meaning of ταράσσω[a] ‘to stir up,’ 16.3) to cause acute emotional distress or turbulence

MAT 2:3 · MAT 14:26 · MRK 6:50 · LUK 1:12 · LUK 24:38 · JHN 11:33 · JHN 12:27 · JHN 13:21 · JHN 14:1 · JHN 14:27 · ACT 15:24 · GAL 1:7 · GAL 5:10 · 1PE 3:14

39.44 · Hostility, Strife · Riot

to stir up against, to start a riot, to cause an uproar to cause people to riot against

ACT 17:8 · ACT 17:13

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ταράσσω ; impf. ἐτάρασσον ; 1 aor. érdpata ; Pass., pres. impy. 3 pers. sing. ταρασσέσθω ; impf. ἐταρασσόμην ; pf. τετάραγμαι ; Laor. ἐταράχθην ; fr. Hom. down; to agitate, trouble (a thing, by the movement of its parts to and fro) ; a. prop.: τὸ ὕδωρ, Jn. v. 4 [RL], 7, (Ezek. Xxxii. 2; τὸν πόντον, Hom. Od. 5, 291; τὸ πέλαγος, Eur. Tro. 88 ; τὸν ποταμόν, Aesop. fab. 87 (25)). b. trop. to cause one inward commotion, take away his calmness of mind, disturb his equanimity ; to disquiet, make restless, (Sept. for 573, etc.; pass. ταράσσομαι for 12, to be stirred up, irritated); a. to stir up: τὸν ὄχλον, Acts Xvii. 8; [τοὺς ὄχλους, Acts xvii. 13 LT Tr WH]. B. to trouble: τινά, to strike one’s spirit with fear or dread, pass., Mt. ii. 3; xiv. 26; Mk. vi. 50; Lk. i. 12; [xxiv. 38]; 1 Pet. iii. 14; ταράσσεται ἡ καρδία, Jn. xiv. 1, 27; to affect with great pain or sorrow: ἑαυτόν (cf. our to trouble one’s self), Jn. xi. 33 [Α΄ V. was troubled (some understand the word here of bodily agitation) ] (σεαυτὸν μὴ τάρασσε, Antonin. 4, 26); τετάρακται ἡ ψυχή, Jn. xii. 27 (Ps. vi. 4) ; ἐταράχθη τῷ πνεύματι, In. xiii. 21. Yto render anxious or distressed, to perplex the mind of one by suggesting scruples or doubts, (Xen. mem. 2, 6, 17): Gal. i. 7; v. 10; τινὰ λόγοις, Acts xv. 24. [Comp.: δια-, ἐκ- Tapdoow. |

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ταράσσω tarassō 17x

to agitate, trouble, as water, Jn. 5:7; met. to agitate, trouble the mind; with fear, to terrify, put in consternation, Mt. 2:3; 14:26; with grief, etc., affect with grief, anxiety, etc., Jn. 12:27; 13:21; with doubt, etc., to unsettle, perplex, Acts 15:24; Gal. 1:7

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ταράσσω

[in LXX for בָּהַל, רָגַז, etc., forty-six words in all ;]

to disturb, trouble, stir up: primarily in physical sense (Hom., Eur.): τ. ὕδωρ, Jo 1:5 [4], 7. Metaph., of the mind (Æsch., Plat., al.), to trouble, disquiet, perplex: Ac 15:24, Ga 1:7 5:10; ἑαυτόν (troubled himself; Westc., in l.), Jo 11:33; of a crowd, to stir up, Ac 17:8, 13; pass., Mt 2:3 14:26, Mk 6:50, Lk 1:12 24:38, Jo 12:27 (Ps 5 (6):4) Ps 14:1, 27, I Pe 3:14 (LXX); τ. πνεύματι, Jo 13:21 (cf. δια-, ἐκ-ταράσσω)

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ταράσσω in the metaph. sense ‘‘trouble,”’ ‘ disquiet,” ‘ perplex,” asin Mt 23 a/., isseenin P Tebt II. 315) (ii/A.D.) τοιγαροῦν [μη]δὲν ταραχ[θ]ῇς, ‘do not be disturbed on this account ”” (Edd.), and νὰ 373 (=8 810)!8 (i/A.D.) ods ἐπὶ τῇ ψευδῶς ἐπι[σἸτολῇ πρὸς ὑμᾶς κομισθείσῃ τῷ τῶν ὑπάτων ὀνόματι ταραχθέντες πρός με ἐπέμψατε. For a somewhat more literal meaning ‘‘stir up,” as in Ac 17318, cf. P Oxy II. 29827 (i/A.D.) πάλι yap πάντα ταράσσει, ‘for he is upsetting everything again” (Edd.), and P Giss I. 40% (A.D. 212-5) (= Chrest. I. p. 58) ταράσσουσι τὴν πόλιν. MGr ταράζω(--ἀσσω), “‘ perplex.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ταράσσω (tarassō) — to trouble. τᾰράσσω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Attic dialect ταράττω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also θράσσω (which see): future ταράξω [Refs]aorist ἐτάραξα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: pluperfect συν-ετεταράχει [Refs 2nd c.AD+]perfect in passive sense τέτρηχα (see. below [Refs]:—passive, future ταραχθήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; middle ταράξομαι in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐταράχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect τετάραγμαι[Refs], etc.:—stir, trouble, in a physical sense, σύναγεν νεφέλας ἐτάραξε δὲ πόντον [Ποσειδῶν] [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐ χθόνα ταράσσοντες troubling not the earth (by ploughing), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. φάρμακον perhaps mix, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to wag the tongue, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάντα τ., of a speaker, jumble up, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. trouble the mind, agitate, disturb, με δεινὸς ὀρθομαντείας πόνος στροβεῖ ταράσσων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δεινὰ (adverbial) τ. [με] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of fear, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄν τις φόβος τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, cause confusion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄμμα σὸν τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. of an army, etc., throw into disorder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be in disorder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. b metaphorically, rout or upset, κριτήριον τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, λόγου ταραχθέντος [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. τ. τὴν γαστέρα cause relaxation of the bowels, of purges, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐταράχθης τὴν γαστέρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]

5. frequently of political agitation, τ. τὴν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be in a state of disorder or anarchy, ἐν ἀλλήλοις τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

6. ταράττεσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων to be shaken in one's seat on horseback, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

7. in Mathematics texts, τεταραγμένη ἀναλογία disturbed proportion, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

II. stir up, metaphorically, τ. νεῖκος, πόλεμον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, πόλεμος ἐταράχθη [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III. except in the places mentioned, [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect τέτρηχα, to be in disorder or confusion, be in an uproar, τετρήχει δ᾽ ἀγορή [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ἐκ σέθεν.. ἄλγεα.. τετρήχασι cruel woes arise, [Refs 4th c.BC+] = to be rough (compare τραχύς).) (ταράχψω from ταραχ-ή, τάραχ-ος and these from *θᾰρᾰχ-: cognate with θράσσω from θρᾱχ-yω of which the Ionic dialect perfect is τέτρηχα.)