To shake
σείωStrong’s G4579seiō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Seiō is the Greek word usually translated “was stirred”, “was shaken” and “trembled”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?”
Meaning
Usually translated “was stirred”, “was shaken” and “trembled”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- was stirred 1
- was shaken 1
- trembled 1
- will shake 1
- being shaken 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 3
- Hebrews 1
- Revelation 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 27:51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- Matthew 28:4And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
- Hebrews 12:26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
- Revelation 6:13And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Greek dictionary
σείω seiō · to shake
σείω [in LXX chiefly for רָעַשׁ ;] to shake, move to and fro: τ. γῆν, Heb.12:26 (LXX); pass., ἡ γῆ, Mat.27:51 (LXX); συκῆ, Rev.6:13. Metaphorical, to agitate, stir up, with fear or some other emotion: Mat.21:10 28:4 (cf. ἀνα-, δια-, κατα-σείω).† (AS)
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.
- 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
- To make to totter or tremble.
- To cause to shiver; as, an ague shakes the whole frame.
- To throw down by a violent motion.
All definitions and other forms of “shake”
- To throw away; to drive off.
- To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to endanger; to threaten to overthrow.
- 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
- To trill; as, to shake a note in music.
SHAKE, verb intransitive
- 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
- To tremble; to shiver; to quake; as, a man shakes in an ague; or he shakes with cold, or with terror.
- To totter.
SHAKE, noun
- Concussion; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and the other; agitation.
- A trembling or shivering; agitation.
- A motion of hands clasped.
- 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.