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To alarm

θροέωStrong’s G2360

throeō

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Throeō is the Greek word usually translated “do be alarmed”, “do be disturbed” and “troubled”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“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.”
2 Thessalonians 2:2 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “do be alarmed”, “do be disturbed” and “troubled”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • do be alarmed 1
  • do be disturbed 1
  • to be troubled 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1
  • Mark 1
  • 2 Thessalonians 1

3 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

θροέω throeō · to alarm

θροέω, -ῶ (θρόος, a noise, tumult), [in LXX: Sng.5:4 (הָמָה * ;] in cl., 1. to cry aloud, make an outcry. 2. to utter aloud. 3. In NT (and LXX), pass., to be troubled, as by an alarm: Mat.24:6, Mrk.13:7, Luk.24:37 (WH, mg.), 2Th.2:2 (cf. Kennedy, Sources, 126).† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

AL'ARM, noun

  1. Any sound, outcry or information intended to give notice of approaching danger as, to sound an alarm
  2. A summon to arms.
  3. Sudden surprise with fear or terror; as, the fire or the enemy excited an alarm
  4. Terror; a sensation excited by an apprehension of danger, from whatever cause; as, we felt an alarm at the cry of fire.
All definitions and other forms of “alarm”
  1. In fencing, an appeal or challenge.

AL'ARM, verb transitive

  1. To give notice of danger; to rouse to vigilance, and exertions for safety.
  2. To call to arms for defense.
  3. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to disturb with terror; to fill with anxiety by the prospect of evil.

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.