Word Summary
seiō: to shake
Original Word: σείωTransliteration: seiō
Phonetic Spelling: (si'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to shake
Meaning: to shake
Strong's Concordance
move, quake, shake.
Apparently a primary verb; to rock (vibrate, properly, sideways or to and fro), i.e. (generally) to agitate (in any direction; cause to tremble); figuratively, to throw into a tremor (of fear or concern) -- move, quake, shake.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4579: σείωσείω; future
σείσω (
Hebrews 12:26 L T Tr WH); passive, present participle
σειόμενος; 1 aorist
ἐσείσθην; from
Homer down; the
Sept. chiefly for
רָעַשׁ;
to shake, agitate, cause to tremble:
Revelation 6:13;
τήν γῆν,
Hebrews 12:26 after
Haggai 2:6;
ἐσείσθη ἡ γῆ,
Matthew 27:51 (
Judges 5:4;
2 Samuel 22:8);
σεισθῆναι ἀπό φοβοῦ, of men, to be thrown into a tremor,
to quake for fear, Matthew 28:4; metaphorically,
to agitate the mind:
ἐσείσθη ἡ πόλις (
R. V. was stirred) i. e. its inhabitants
Matthew 21:10. (Compare:
ἀνασείω,
διασείω,
κατασείω.)