Word Summary
enochleō: to crowd in, to annoy
Original Word: ἐνοχλέωTransliteration: enochleō
Phonetic Spelling: (en-okh-leh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to crowd in, to annoy
Meaning: to crowd in, to annoy
Strong's Concordance
trouble.
From en and ochleo; to crowd in, i.e. (figuratively) to annoy -- trouble.
see GREEK en
see GREEK ochleo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1776: ἐνοχλέωἐνοχλέω,
ἐνόχλω; (present passive participle
ἐνοχλουμενος); (
ὀχλέω, from
ὄχλος a crowd, annoyance); in the classics from
Aristophanes,
Xenophon,
Plato on;
to excite disturbance, to trouble, annoy, (
ἐν, in a person); in Greek writings followed by both
τινα and
τίνι; passive with
ἀπό τίνος,
Luke 6:18 T Tr WH; absolutely of the growth of a poisonous plant, figuratively representing the man who corrupts the faith, piety, character, of the Christian church:
Hebrews 12:15 from
Deuteronomy 29:18 after manuscript
Alex. which gives
ἐνοχλῇ for
ἐν χολή, which agreeably to the Hebrew text is the reading of
Vat. (
Genesis 48:1;
1 Samuel 19:14, etc.) (Compare:
παρενοχλέω.)