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To trouble

παρενοχλέωStrong’s G3926

parenochleō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

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Parenochleō is the Greek word usually translated “trouble”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:”
Acts 15:19 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • to trouble 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    παρενοχλέω parenochleō · to trouble

    παρ-εν-οχλέω, -ῶ (cf. ἐνοχλέω), [in LXX for לָאָה hi. (Mic.6:3), etc. ;] to annoy concerning a matter (παρά): with dative of person(s), Act.15:19.† (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.