Greek verb · G4531
σαλεύω
saleuosal-yoo'-o
to shake
15 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: saleúō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4531is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4531
to waver, i.e. agitate, rock, topple or (by implication) destroy; figuratively, to disturb, incite
The King James renders it: move, shake (together), which can(-not) be shaken, stir up.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
saleuo is rendered "to shake". It stands 15 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Four of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 11:7As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
Matthew 11:7σαλευόμενον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- being shaken2
- shaken2
- will be shaken.’2
- I may be shaken1
- shaken together1
- shaking1
- shook1
- stirring up1
- to be shaken1
- to shake1
- was shaken1
- will be shaken1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- σαλευθήσονται3
- σαλευθῆναι2
- σαλευόμενον2
- ἐσαλεύθη1
- ἐσάλευσεν1
- σαλευθῶ1
- σαλευόμενα1
- σαλευομένων1
- σαλεύοντες1
- σαλεῦσαι1
- σεσαλευμένον1
The grammar of each form
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person plural3V-FPI-3P
- verb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)2V-APN
- verb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular2V-PPP-ASM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-API-3S
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 1st person singular1V-APS-1S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
- verb · present passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural1V-PPP-GPN
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1V-PPP-NPN
- verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singular1V-RPP-ASN
Matthew
two uses
As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
- σαλευόμενονsaleuomenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: shaken
Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
- σαλευθήσονταιsaleuthesontaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will be shaken.’
Mark
one use
the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
- σαλευθήσονταιsaleuthesontaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will be shaken.’
Luke
four uses
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
- σεσαλευμένονsesaleumenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: shaken together
He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
- σαλεῦσαιsaleusaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to shake
After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
- σαλευόμενονsaleuomenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: shaken
Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
- σαλευθήσονταιsaleuthesontaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will be shaken
Acts
four uses
David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- σαλευθῶsaleuthoverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may be shaken
After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
- ἐσαλεύθηesaleutheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was shaken
Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.
- σαλευθῆναιsaleuthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: shaking
But 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.
- σαλεύοντεςsaleuontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: stirring up
2 Thessalonians
one use
not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.
- σαλευθῆναιsaleuthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be shaken
Hebrews
three uses
At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”
- ἐσάλευσενesaleusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: shook
The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.
- σαλευομένωνsaleuomenonverb · present passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: being shaken
- σαλευόμεναsaleuomenaverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: being shaken
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.