σαλεύω saleuō
Greek word for “to shake” · Strong’s G4531 · used 15 times in 14 verses
Meaning
σαλεύω; (σάλος); prop., of the action of wind, storm, etc., to agitate, shake: of a reed;
How it is translated
Glosses given for saleuō in context, with how often each is used:
- shaken? 2
- will be shaken.’ 2
- shaken 2
- being shaken 2
- shaken together 1
- shake 1
- will be shaken 1
- may be shaken 1
- shaking 1
- stirring up 1
- shook 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Luke 6 (2), Hebrews 12 (2), Matthew 11 (1), Matthew 24 (1), Mark 13 (1), Luke 7 (1), Luke 21 (1), Acts 2 (1), Acts 4 (1), Acts 16 (1)
Forms
- σαλευθήσονται 3
- σαλευόμενον 2
- σαλευθῆναι 2
- σεσαλευμένον 1
- σαλεῦσαι 1
- σαλευθῶ 1
- ἐσαλεύθη 1
- σαλεύοντες 1
- ἐσάλευσεν 1
- σαλευομένων 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with saleuō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 4
- κάλαμος kalamos “reed/stick/pen” 2
- δύναμις dunamis “power” 3
- ἅπαξ hapax “once” 2
- θεμέλιος themelios “foundation” 2
- ἀστήρ astēr “star” 2
- θεάομαι theaomai “to look at” 2
- ὄχλος ochlos “crowd” 3
- ἄνεμος anemos “wind” 2
- ὑπό hupo “by/under” 3
- ἔρημος erēmos “deserted” 2
- λόγος logos “word” 3
Key verses
The verses using saleuō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 11:7 — And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
- Matthew 24:29 — Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the…
- Luke 6:38 — Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same…
- Luke 6:48 — He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that…
- Luke 7:24 — And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed…
- Luke 21:26 — Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
- Acts 2:25 — For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
- Acts 4:31 — And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God…
- Acts 16:26 — And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands…
- Acts 17:13 — But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:2 — That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
- Hebrews 12:26 — Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
See all 14 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.