Greek noun (masculine) · G4578
σεισμός
seismossice-mos'
earthquake
14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: seismós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4578is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4578
a commotion, i.e. (of the air) a gale, (of the ground) an earthquake
The King James renders it: earthquake, tempest.
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
seismos is rendered "earthquake". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 8:24Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
Matthew 8:24σεισμὸς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's fourteen uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- an earthquake6
- earthquake4
- earthquakes3
- a storm1
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 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- σεισμὸς8
- σεισμοὶ2
- σεισμοί1
- σεισμὸν1
- σεισμός1
- σεισμῷ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular9N-NSM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3N-NPM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1N-ASM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1N-DSM
Matthew
four uses
Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
- σεισμὸςseismosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a storm
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
- σεισμοὶseismoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: earthquakes
When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
- σεισμὸνseismonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: earthquake
Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.
- σεισμὸςseismosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: an earthquake
Mark
one use
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.
- σεισμοὶseismoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: earthquakes
Luke
one use
There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
- σεισμοίseismoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Earthquakes
Acts
one use
Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.
- σεισμὸςseismosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: earthquake
Revelation
seven uses
And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
- σεισμὸςseismosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: an earthquake
Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
- σεισμόςseismosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: an earthquake
And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
- σεισμὸςseismosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: an earthquake
- σεισμῷseismonoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: earthquake
Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
- σεισμὸςseismosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: an earthquake
And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake.
- σεισμὸςseismosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: an earthquake
- σεισμὸςseismosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: earthquake
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
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.