To tremble
τρέμωStrong’s G5141tremō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Tremō is the Greek word usually translated “trembling” and “tremble”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.”
Meaning
Usually translated “trembling” and “tremble”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- trembling 2
- they tremble 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
- 2 Peter 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 5:33But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
- Luke 8:47And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
- Acts 9:6And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Greek dictionary
τρέμω tremō · to tremble
τρέμω to tremble, esp. with fear: Mrk.5:33, Luk.8:47; with ptcp. (in cl more frequently with inf.), 2Pe.2:10.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tremble” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TREM'BLE, verb intransitive
[Latin tremo.]
- To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder.
- To shake; to quiver; to totter.
- To quaver; to shake, as sound; as when we say, the voice trembles.
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.