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To shake

σαλεύωStrong’s G4531

saleuō

Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament

In short

Saleuō is the Greek word usually translated “shaken”, “being shaken” and “shaken together”. It appears in 14 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 “shaken”, “being shaken” and “shaken together”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • will be shaken 3
  • shaken 2
  • being shaken 2
  • shaken together 1
  • to shake 1
  • i may be shaken 1
  • was shaken 1
  • shaking 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Luke 4
  • Acts 4
  • Matthew 2
  • Hebrews 2
  • Mark 1
  • 2 Thessalonians 1

6 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 14 verses, by book
Matthew 2
11:724:29
Mark 1
13:25
2 Thessalonians 1
2:2
Hebrews 2
12:2612:27
Greek dictionary

σαλεύω saleuō · to shake

σαλεύω (σάλος), [in LXX for מוֹט, זוּעַ, etc. ;] prop., of the action of wind, storm, etc., to agitate, shake: of a reed, Mat.11:7, Luk.7:24; a house, Luk.6:48, Act.4:31 16:26; the earth, Heb.12:26; the heavenly bodies, Mat.24:29, Mrk.13:25, Luk.21:26; of a vessel shaken in filling, Luk.6:38. Metaphorical, (a) to shake, i.e. to render insecure: τὰ σαλευόμενα, τὰ μὴ., Heb.12:27; (b) with accusative of person(s), to cast down from a sense of security and happiness: Act.2:25 (LXX); (with) to unsettle or drive away: pass., before ἀπὸ τ. νοός, 2Th.2:2; (d) to stir up: τ. ὄχλους, Act.17:13.† …

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

SHAKE, verb transitive

preterit tense shook; participle passive shaken.

  1. To cause to move with quick vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to agitate; as, the wind shakes a tree; an earthquake shakes the hills or the earth.“I shook my lap, and said, so God shake out every man from his house-” Nehemiah 5:13“-As a fig casteth her untimely fruit, when it is shaken of a mighty wind” Revelation 6:13
  2. To make to totter or tremble.
  3. To cause to shiver; as, an ague shakes the whole frame.
  4. To throw down by a violent motion.
All definitions and other forms of “shake”
  1. To throw away; to drive off.
  2. To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to endanger; to threaten to overthrow.
  3. To cause to waver or doubt; to impair the resolution of; to depress the courage of.“That ye be not soon shaken in mind” 2 Thessalonians 2:2
  4. To trill; as, to shake a note in music.

SHAKE, verb intransitive

  1. To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; as, the tree shakes with the wind; the house shakes in a tempest.“The foundations of the earth do shake” Isaiah 24:18
  2. To tremble; to shiver; to quake; as, a man shakes in an ague; or he shakes with cold, or with terror.
  3. To totter.

SHAKE, noun

  1. Concussion; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and the other; agitation.
  2. A trembling or shivering; agitation.
  3. A motion of hands clasped.
  4. In music, a trill; a rapid reiteration of two notes comprehending an interval not greater than one whole tone, nor less than a semitone.

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.