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Disturbance

ταραχήStrong’s G5016

tarachē

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Tarachē is the Greek word usually translated “disturbance”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.”
Mark 13:8 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • disturbance 2

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

Where it's used most
  • Mark 1
  • John 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ταραχή tarachē · disturbance

ταραχή, -ῆς, ἡ (ταράσσω), [in LXX for חָלָה, מְהוּמָה, etc. ;] trouble, disturbance: τ. ὕδατος, Jhn.1:5 [4]. In pl. (as in cl.), tumults: Mrk.13:8, Rec.† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

DISTURBANCE, noun

  1. A stirring or excitement; any disquiet or interruption of peace; as, to enter the church without making disturbance
  2. Interruption of a settled state of things; disorder; tumult.
  3. Emotion of the mind; agitation; excitement of passion; perturbation.
  4. Disorder of thoughts; confusion.
All definitions
  1. In law, the hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, of tenure, of patronage.

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.