σεισμός seismos

Greek word for “earthquake” · Strong’s G4578 · used 14 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

σεισμός, -οῦ, ὁ; (σείω); a shaking, commotion, as a tempest at sea:; esp. an earthquake: 27:54 28:2, 8:5 11:13, 19 16:18.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for seismos in context, with how often each is used:

• earthquake 10
• earthquakes 3
• storm 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 11 (2), Matthew 8 (1), Matthew 24 (1), Matthew 27 (1), Matthew 28 (1), Mark 13 (1), Luke 21 (1), Acts 16 (1), Revelation 6 (1), Revelation 8 (1)

Forms

• σεισμὸς 8
• σεισμοὶ 2
• σεισμὸν 1
• σεισμοί 1
• σεισμός 1
• σεισμῷ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with seismos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• μέγας megas “great” 8
• ἀστραπή astrapē “lightning” 3
• βροντή brontē “thunder” 3
• λιμός limos “hunger” 3
• ἀνοίγω anoigō “to open” 3
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 4
• τόπος topos “place” 3
• φωνή phōnē “voice/sound” 3
• ὥστε hōste “so” 2
• κατά kata “according to” 3
• ἐγείρω egeirō “to arise” 2
• ἔθνος ethnos “Gentiles” 2

Key verses

The verses using seismos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 8:24 — And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
• Matthew 24:7 — For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
• Matthew 27:54 — Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly…
• Matthew 28:2 — And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
• Mark 13:8 — For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles:…
• Luke 21:11 — And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
• 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…
• Revelation 6:12 — And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as…
• Revelation 8:5 — And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an…
• Revelation 11:13 — And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant…
• Revelation 11:19 — And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings,…
• Revelation 16:18 — And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake,…

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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.