Quick Definition
ταραχή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. 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, -ῆς, 7, (ταράσσων, fr. [Pind.], Hdt. down, disturbance, commotion: prop. τοῦ ὕδατος, Ju. v. 4 [RL]; metaph. a tumult, sedition: in plur. Mk. xiii. 8 RG.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ταραχή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ταράσσω), [in LXX for הַלְחָלָה, מְהוּמָה, etc. ;]
trouble, disturbance: τ. ὕδατος, Jo 5:[4]{editor note: v. 7?}. In pl. (as in cl.), tumults: Mk 13:8, Rec.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ταραχή hand, beginning μηδὲν ταπινὸν μηδὲ ἀγενὲς. .. πράξῃς, “*do nothing mean or ignoble.”” Other exx. of the adj., which survives in MGr, are P Lond 131 vecto*® (A.p. 78-9) (=I. p. 179) ἐν τοῖς ταπεινοῖς τόποις, 76. 19177 (c. A.D. 330-340) a request for prayer διὰ ἐμοῦ τῷ ταπινῷ καὶ ταλεπώρῳ (/, τοῦ ταπεινοῦ καὶ ταλαιπώρου), ““ for me the humble and wretched,” and P Gen I. 147 (Byz.) μετὰ τῶν ταπεινῶν pov παίδων, and 15 τὰ ταπεινά μου ἄλογα. It is hardly necessary to recall that ‘‘ humility as a sovereign grace is the creation of Christianity” (W. E. Gladstone, Zé iii. p. 466). 115 history in pagan ethics may be illustrated in Epict. iii. 2. 14 ἄνθρωπον... ταπεινόν, μεμψίμοιρον, ὀξύθυμον, δειλόν KTA., and iv. 1. 2 τίς θέλει {av ἐξαπατώμενος, προπίπτων ... μεμψίμοιρος, ταπεινός ;
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ταραχή (tarachē) — disturbance. τᾰρᾰχή, also τάρχη [Refs 5th c.AD+], ἡ, disorder, physiological disturbance or upheaval, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἡ ἀπὸ τῆς φλεβοτομίας τ. [Refs]; especially of the bowels, τῆς κοιλίης [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. of the mind, αἱ φρενῶν ταραχαί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνωμαλία καὶ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν οἵαις ἦν τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πολλὴν ἔχει τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διανοίας ἰσχυρὰ τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. of an army or fleet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ τ. in the confusion, in the mêlée, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. political confusion, tumult, and in plural tumults, troubles, πολλὴ τ. περὶ τῶν τιμέων ἐγένετο [Refs]; ἐν τῇ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. διαλύειν, κατασβεννύναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of rebellions or civil wars in Egypt, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: = Latin tumultus, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
