Disturbance
τάραχοςStrong’s G5017tarachos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Tarachos is the Greek word usually translated “disturbance”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.”
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 1
- a disturbance 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
τάραχος tarachos · disturbance
τάραχος, -ου, ὁ (ταράσσω), [in LXX for מְהוּמָה, etc. ;] later form of ταραχή (Xen., al.; see Thackeray, Gr., 159): Act.12:18 19:23.† (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
- A stirring or excitement; any disquiet or interruption of peace; as, to enter the church without making disturbance
- Interruption of a settled state of things; disorder; tumult.
- Emotion of the mind; agitation; excitement of passion; perturbation.
- Disorder of thoughts; confusion.
All definitions
- 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.