Bible Dictionaries
Stir, Stir Up

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

akin to tarache, "trouble," and tarasso, "to trouble," is rendered "stir" in Acts 12:18; 19:23 .

denotes "to kindle afresh," or "keep in full flame" (ana, "up," or "again," zoos, "alive," pur, "fire"), and is used metaphorically in 2 Timothy 1:6 , where "the gift of God" is regarded as a fire capable of dying out through neglect. The verb was in common use in the vernacular of the time.

"stirred up" in Acts 14:2 . See RAISE.

"stir up" in 2 Peter 1:13; 3:1 : see ARISE , No. 4.

"to move to and fro," is rendered "was stirred" in Matthew 21:10 , RV (AV, "was moved"). See MOVE , QUAKE , SHAKE.

primarily denotes "to shake back or out, move to and fro;" then, "to stir up," used metaphorically in Mark 15:11 , RV, "stirred ... up" (AV, "moved"), and Luke 3:14; 23:5 .

"stirred up" in Acts 17:13 : see SHAKE.

from para, used intensively, beyond measure, and otruno, "to urge on, rouse," occurs in Acts 13:50 , "stirred up."

"to move together" (sun, "together," kineo, "to move"), "to stir up, excite," is used metaphorically in Acts 6:12 .

"to pour together," is used metaphorically in Acts 21:27 , "stirred up." See CONFOUND , B, No. 1.

"stirred" in Acts 17:16 : see PROVOKE , No. 2.

"hath stirred" in 2 Corinthians 9:2 , RV, See PROVOKE , No. 3.

"to excite, unsettle" (akin to anistemi, "to raise up," and anastasis, "a raising"), is used (a) of "stirring up" to sedition, and tumult, Acts 17:6 , "turned ... upside down;" Acts 21:38 , RV, "stirred up to sedition," AV, "madest an uproar;" (b) "to upset" by false teaching, Galatians 5:12 , RV, "unsettle" (AV, "trouble").

Note: In Acts 24:12 , poieo, "to make," with epistasis, "a stopping" (in some texts episustasis), signifies "to collect" (a crowd), AV, "raising up (the people)," RV, "stirring up (a crowd)." See COME , Note (9).