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G5016 ταραχή (tarachḗ)
Greek
Noun, Feminine
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Quick Definition

a disturbance, tumult, sedition

Strong's Definition

disturbance, i.e. (of water) roiling, or (of a mob) sedition

Derivation: feminine from G5015 (ταράσσω);

KJV Usage: trouble(-ing)

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ταραχή, ταραχῆς, ἡ (παράσσω), from (Pindar), Herodotus down, disturbance, commotion: properly, τοῦ ὕδατος, Joh_5:4 (R L); metaphorically, a tumult, sedition: in plural Mar_13:8 R G.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

not given

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ταραχή , -ῆς , ἡ , ( < ταράσσω ), [in LXX for H2470 , H4103 , etc.;] trouble, disturbance: τ . ὕδατος , Joh_1:5 [4]. In pl . (as in cl .), tumults: Mar_13:8 , Rec.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ταραχή [page 625] disturbance. In P Lond 1912 .13 (A.D. 41) the Emperor Claudius writing to the Alexandrines declares himself unwilling to decide who was responsible for τῆς . . πρὸς Ἰουδαίους ταραχῆς καὶ στάσεως , μᾶλλον δ᾽ εἰ χρὴ τὸ ἀληθὲς εἰπεῖν τοῦ πολέμου , the riot and feud (or rather, if the truth must be told, the war) against the Jews (Ed.). In OGIS 90 .20 (Rosetta stone B.C. 196) ἐν τοῖς κατὰ τὴν ταραχὴν καιροῖς , the reference is to the Lycopolitan sedition, as in P Tor I. 1 v. 29 (B.C. 116) ἐν τῆι γενομένηι ταραχῆι . See also Syll 316 (= .3 684) .13 ( c . B.C. 139). P Amh II. 30 .11 (ii/B.C.) ἐν δὲ τῆ ]ι̣ γενη̣μένηι ταραχῆι refers most likely to the revolt in thd Thebaid, instigated by Dionysius about B.C. 165, and this may again be the case in UPZ i. 14 i .9 (B.C. 168) : cf. p. 479.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ταραχή τα^ρα^χή, ἡ, "trouble, disorder, confusion", Pind. , Thuc. , etc. of an army or fleet, Thuc. , etc.; ἐν τῇ ταραχῇ "in the confusion", Hdt. "political confusion, tumult", and in pl. "tumults, troubles", id=Hdt. , attic; τ. γίγνεται τῶν ξυμμάχων πρὸς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους Thuc.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ταραχή, -ῆς, ἡ (ταράσσω), [in LXX for חָלָה, מְהוּמָה, etc. ;] trouble, disturbance: τ. ὕδατος, Jhn.1:5 [4]. In pl. (as in cl.), tumults: Mrk.13:8, Rec.† (AS)

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