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To trouble

ἐνοχλέωStrong’s G1776

enochleō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Enochleō is the Greek word usually translated “being troubled” and “may trouble”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.”
Luke 6:18 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “being troubled” and “may trouble”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • being troubled 1
  • may trouble 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1
  • Hebrews 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἐνοχλέω enochleō · to trouble

ἐν-οχλέω, -ῶ (ὄχλος), [in LXX for חָלָה ;] to trouble: with accusative, Heb.12:15. Pass., before ἀπό, Luk.6:18.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “trouble” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

TROUBLE, verb transitive

trub'l. [Latin turbo; turba, a crowd, and perhaps trova, a turn. The primary sense is to turn or to stir, to whirl about, as in Latin turbo, turbinis, a whirlwind. Hence the sense of agitation, disturbance.

  1. To agitate; to disturb; to put into confused motion.“An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water” John 5:4
  2. To disturb; to perplex.
  3. To afflict; to grieve; to distress.“Those that trouble me, rejoice when I am moved” Psalms 13:4
  4. To busy; to cause to be much engaged or anxious.“Martha, thou art careful, and troubled about many things” Luke 10:41
All definitions and other forms of “trouble”
  1. To tease; to vex; to molest.
  2. To give occasion for labor to.
  3. To sue for a debt.

TROUBLE, noun

trub'l. Disturbance of mind; agitation; commotion of spirits; perplexity; a word of very extensive application.

  1. Affliction; calamity.“He shall deliver thee in six troubles” Job 5:19“Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles” Psalms 25:22
  2. Molestation; inconvenience; annoyance.
  3. Uneasiness; vexation.
  4. That which gives disturbance, annoyance or vexation; that which afflicts.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.