Word Study · Strong's G5015 · Greek
ταράσσω
tarasso
tar-as'-so
Strong's 1890 spelling: tarássō
“to stir or agitate (roil water)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to stir or agitate (roil water)
Rendered in the KJV as
trouble.
- 17occurrencesin the New Testament
- 7 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 17 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- ἐταράχθη3
- ἐτάραξαν2
- ταρασσέσθω2
- ταράσσοντες2
- ἐτάραξεν1
- ἐταράχθησαν1
- ἐταράχθησαν.1
- ταράσσων1
- ταραχθῇ1
- ταραχθῆτε·1
- τεταραγμένοι1
- τετάρακται,1
How it is rendered · 13
- troubled3
- should be troubled2
- was troubled2
- agitating1
- are troubling1
- has been troubled,1
- he was troubled1
- may be stirred1
- shall you be troubled;1
- They stirred up1
- they were troubled1
- troubling1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 11
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person singular3
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person plural2
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person plural2
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2
- verb · present passive, command · 3rd person singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1
- verb · perfect (done, and it stands) passive, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · perfect (done, and it stands) passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-API-3S · 3
- V-AAI-3P · 2
- V-API-3P · 2
- V-PAP-NPM · 2
- V-PPM-3S · 2
- V-AAI-3S · 1
- V-APS-2P · 1
- V-APS-3S · 1
- V-PAP-NSM · 1
- V-RPI-3S · 1
- V-RPP-NPM · 1
All 17, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
John carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 2:3ἐταράχθηetarachthēverb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person singularWhen King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.here: he was troubled
- Matthew 14:26ἐταράχθησανetarachthēsanverb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person pluralWhen the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.here: they were troubled
Luke2 occurrences
- Luke 1:12ἐταράχθηetarachthēverb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person singularWhen Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.here: was troubled
- Luke 24:38τεταραγμένοιtetaragmenoiverb · perfect (done, and it stands) passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural“Why are you troubled,” Jesus asked, “and why do doubts arise in your hearts?here: troubled
John6 occurrences
- John 5:7ταραχθῇtarachthēaverb · aorist (simple past) passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”here: may be stirred
- John 11:33ἐτάραξενetaraxenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularWhen Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.here: troubled
- John 12:27τετάρακται,tetaraktaiverb · perfect (done, and it stands) passive, statement · 3rd person singularNow My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.here: has been troubled,
- John 13:21ἐταράχθηetarachthēverb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person singularAfter Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”here: was troubled
- John 14:1ταρασσέσθωtarassesthōverb · present passive, command · 3rd person singular“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.here: should be troubled
- John 14:27ταρασσέσθωtarassesthōverb · present passive, command · 3rd person singularPeace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.here: should be troubled
Acts3 occurrences
- Acts 15:24ἐτάραξανetaraxanverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralIt has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.here: troubled
- Acts 17:8ἐτάραξανetaraxanverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralOn hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.here: They stirred up
- Acts 17:13ταράσσοντεςtarassontesverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralBut when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.here: agitating
Galatians2 occurrences
- Galatians 1:7ταράσσοντεςtarassontesverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralwhich is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.here: are troubling
- Galatians 5:10ταράσσωνtarassōnverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularI am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.here: troubling