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Strong's #4531 - σαλεύω
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σαλ-εύω, fut. σαλεύσω LXX Wi. 4.19: aor. ἐσάλευσα Isoc. 8.95, AP 11.83: — Pass., fut. σαλευθήσομαι LXX Si. 16.18, Ev.Luke 21:26 : aor. ἐσαλεύθην LXX 1 Maccabees 9:13, Acts 4:31, 2 Thessalonians 2:2, v.l. in Isoc. l.c.: pf. σεσάλευμαι (v. infr.): ( σάλος ): —
cause to rock, make to vibrate or oscillate, c. acc., [ τὰς ἀγκύρας] οὐδεὶς χειμὼν σαλεύει Pythag. ap. Stob. 3.1.29; ς. τρικυμίᾳ πέδον, of the sea, Lyc. 475; of an earthquake, AP 11.83 ( Lucill. ), cf. 259 (Id.): metaph., δόξαν ς . Plu. 2.1123f, cf. S.E. M. 8.56, 337, etc.; ς. τινὰ ἐκ θεμελίων LXX Wi. 4.19; ἐπιστολαὶ δυνάμεναι λίθον σαλεῦσαι heartrending, POxy. 528.12 (ii A.D.); ς. τοὺς ὄχλους stir them up, Acts 17:13, cf. LXX Si. 28.14: — Pass., to be shaken to and fro, waver, totter, reel, χθὼν σεσάλευται A. Pr. 1081; κύκλος σαλευόμενος Pl. Ti. 79e, cf. Arist. Mech. 857a7, Thphr. Lass. 11; of teeth or nails, to be loosened, Gal. 12.871, Dsc. 5.3; of persons, ἐκ Βρομίου γυῖα σαλευόμενον AP 11.26 ( Marc.Arg. ), cf. 12.31 ( Phan. ); ὑφ' ἡδονῆς σαλευομένη κορώνη Sch. Arat. 1009 (wrongly attributed to Archil., Fr. 102 ); later simply, stir, move, κατεσχέθην νόσῳ . . ὡς μὴ δύνασθαι μηδὲ σαλεύεσθαι PSI 4.299.4 (iii A.D.) .
2. shake in measuring, so as to give good measure, μέτρον σεσαλευμένον Ev.Luke 6:38; cf. σαλάσσω 11 .
II intr., move up and down, roll, toss, esp. of ships in a stormy sea or persons in them, ς. ἐν πλοίοις X. Oec. 8.17, cf. Hld. 10.4, etc.: generally, put out to sea, App. Mith. 77: metaph., toss like a ship at sea, to be tempest-tossed, be in sore distress, πόλις γὰρ . . ἄγαν ἤδη σαλεύει S. OT 23; πρόδοτος δὲ . . ς. Ἠλέκτρα Id. El. 1074 (lyr.); ὅταν . . σαλεύῃ πόλις E. Rh. 249 (lyr.), cf. OGI 515.47 (Mylasa, iii A.D. ); ἐν νόσοις ἢ γήρᾳ ς . Pl. Lg. 923b, cf. Arist. Pr. 883a34; ἐν κινδύνῳ ς . D.H. 10.11; ς. ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ Ael. Fr. 48; to be unstable, Poll. 6.121; flicker, of the eye-balls in nystagmus, Gal. 18(2).68; oscillate, of the λόγος ἐνδιάθετος, ἐν τούτοις S.E. P. 1.65 .
2. of ships also, ἐπ' ἀγκυρῶν ride at anchor, Polyaen. 2.2.7: metaph., ὡς ἐπ' ἀγκύρας τῆς φύσεως ς . Plu. 2.493d; ς. ἐπὶ τῶν ἐλπίδων Hld. 1.26; also ὁρῶν ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ τούτῳ μόνῳ (sc. τῷ υἱῷ ) σαλεύοντας Plu. Demetr. 38; γραῦν ἐπὶ ἑνὶ γομφίῳ ς . Alciphr. 3.28, cf. POxy. 472.50 (ii A.D.); ἐπὶ τοιούτοις παραγγέλμασιν S.E. M. 2.12 (hence later in a causal sense, ς. ἐπί τινι τὰς ἐλπίδας anchor them upon . ., Hld. 2.33 ).
3. metaph., roll like a ship, roll in one's walk, of persons with the hip-joints far apart, Hp. Art. 56 .
σαλεύω
(< σάλος ),
[in LXX for H4131, H2111, etc.;]
prop., of the action of wind, storm, etc., to agitate, shake: of a reed, Matthew 11:7, Luke 7:24; a house, Luke 6:48, Acts 4:31; Acts 16:26; the earth, Hebrews 12:26; the heavenly bodies, Matthew 24:29, Mark 13:25, Luke 21:26; of a vessel shaken in filling, Luke 6:38. Metaph.,
(a) to shake, i.e. to render insecure: τὰ σαλευόμενα , τὰ μὴ ., Hebrews 12:27;
(b) c. acc pers., to cast down from a sense of security and happiness: Acts 2:25 (LXX);
(c) to unsettle or drive away: pass., seq. ἀπὸ τ . νοός , 2 Thessalonians 2:2;
(d) to stir up: τ . ὄχλους , Acts 17:13.†
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σκευή, which is applied to the ";tackle"; of a ship in Acts 27:19, is used of a woman’s ";ornaments"; in P Lond 1164 (f).18 (A.D. 212) (= III. p. 161) γυναικιῶν αὐτῆς κοσμαρίων καὶ σκευῶν, and of ";household plenishing,"; ";goods,"; in BGU III. 775.6 (ii/A.D.) π ̣α ̣ρ ̣[α ]δέδωκά συ (l. σοι) μου τὸ κλεδιν (l. κλειδίον) τῆς ὐκίας (l. οἰκίας) μου ὑπὸ τὴν σκευήν.
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