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Quake

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἔντρομος

(Strong's #1790 — Adjective — entromos — en'-trom-os )

an adjective signifying "trembling with fear" (en, "in," tremo, "to tremble"), is used with eimi, "to be," in Hebrews 12:21 (some mss. have ektromos, with the same meaning), "I quake," lit., "I am trembling." It is used with ginomai, "to become," in Acts 7:32 , "trembled," lit., "became trembling," and Acts 16:29 , RV, "trembling for fear" (AV, "came trembling"). See TREMBLE.

2: σείω

(Strong's #4579 — Verb — seio — si'-o )

"did quake," Matthew 27:51; 28:4 , RV (AV, "did shake"). See MOVE , No. 3, SHAKE, TREMBLE.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Quake'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​q/quake.html. 1940.
 
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