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Strong's #5015 - ταράσσω
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- to agitate, trouble (a thing, by the movement of its parts to and fro)
- to cause one inward commotion, take away his calmness of mind, disturb his equanimity
- to disquiet, make restless
- to stir up
- to trouble
- to strike one's spirit with fear and dread
- to render anxious or distressed
- to perplex the mind of one by suggesting scruples or doubts
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τᾰράσσω,
Pi. O. 2.63, etc.; Att. τᾰράξ-ττω Ar. Eq. 902; also θράσσω (q.v.): fut. ταράξω ib. 358, etc.: aor. ἐτάραξα Od. 5.291, (συν-) Il. 1.579, 8.86: plpf. συν-ετεταράχει D.C. 42.36: pf. in pass. sense τέτρηχα (v. infr. 111): — Pass., fut. ταραχθήσομαι Men. 858 (prob.), Epict. Ench. 3, etc.; Med. ταράξομαι in pass. sense, Th. 7.36, X. Cyr. 6.1.43: aor. ἐταράχθην Ar. Nu. 386 (anap.), etc.: pf. τετάραγμαι ib. 388 (anap.), etc.: —
stir, trouble, in a physical sense, σύναγεν νεφέλας ἐτάραξε δὲ πόντον [Ποσειδῶν ] Od. 5.291; κύμασιν ταράσσεται πόντος Archil. 54, cf. Sol. 54; τ. πέλαγος ἁλός E. Tr. 88, cf. 692; ὁμοῦ τ. τήν τε γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλατταν εἰκῇ Ar. Eq. 431; τ. καὶ κυκᾶν Id. Ach. 688 (troch.), Eq. 251 (troch.); οὐ χθόνα ταράσσοντες troubling not the earth (by ploughing), Pi. l.c.; βροντήμασι.. κυκάτω πάντα καὶ ταρασσέτω A. Pr. 994; τ. φάρμακον perh. mix, Luc. Lex. 4, cf. Amips. 18: metaph., φωνὰν ταρασσέμεν to wag the tongue, Pi. P. 11.42; πάντα τ., of a speaker, jumble up, D. 19.93; τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων διδασκαλίαν Gal. 15.185.
2. trouble the mind, agitate, disturb, με δεινὸς ὀρθομαντείας πόνος στροβεῖ ταράσσων A. Ag. 1216; δεινὰ (adverbial) τ. [με ] S. OT 483 (lyr.); ὅταν ταράξῃ Κύπρις ἡβῶσαν φρένα E. Hipp. 969, cf. Fr. 1079.4; Νικίαν ταράξω Ar. Eq. 358 (troch.); τ. καρδίαν E. Ba. 1321; esp. of fear, A. Ch. 289, Ar. Eq. 66, etc.; ἄν τις φόβος τ. X. Mem. 2.4.6; τὸ σῶμα τ. τὴν ψυχήν Pl. Phd. 66a, cf. 103c; so τ. γλῶσσαν E. IA 1542: abs., cause confusion, Pl. R. 564b, Hp.Mi. 373b: — Pass., Id. Phd. 100d, etc.; περί τι Id. Sph. 242c; διά τι D. 4.3; ταράσσομαι φρένας S. Ant. 1095; ὄμμα σὸν τ. E. Or. 253.
3. of an army, etc., throw into disorder, Hdt. 4.125, 9.51, etc.; ἐτάρασσον τοὺς ταρσοὺς τῶν κωπέων Id. 8.12: — Pass., to be in disorder, Id. 4.125, 129, 8.16, Th. 4.25, X. Cyr. 2.1.27, etc.; ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς τ. Th. 7.67. metaph., rout or upset, κριτήριον τ. Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1012.38 (perh. variant of Epicur. Sent. 24): — Pass., λόγου ταραχθέντος Phld. Rh. 1.136 S.; εἰ τὰ σημεῖα ταραχθείη Gal. 6.262.
4. τ. τὴν γαστέρα cause relaxation of the bowels, of purges, Hp. Nat.Mul. 12, cf. Acut. 56, Arist. Pr. 864b23, Gal. 15.667: — Pass., ἐταράχθης τὴν γαστέρα Ar. Nu. 386 (anap.); τὸ πνεῦμα Gal. 15.903; more generally, τεταραγμένον σῶμα Sor. 1.105.
5. freq. of political agitation, τ. τὴν πόλιν Ar. Eq. 867; τὰ πράγματα ib. 214: — Pass., to be in a state of disorder or anarchy, ἐν ἀλλήλοις τ. Th. 2.65, cf. D. 2.14, Ptol. Tetr. 164.
6. ταράττεσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων to be shaken in one's seat on horseback, X. Cyr. 5.2.17.
7. Math., τεταραγμένη ἀναλογία disturbed proportion, Euc. 5 Def. 18, Archim. Sph.Cyl. 2.4.
II stir up, metaph., τ. νεῖκος, πόλεμον, S. Ant. 794 (lyr.), Pl. R. 567a; φόνον E. Ba. 797; ἡλίκα πράγματα ταράξασα D. 18.153, cf. X. An. 5.10.9; τ. δίκας τινὶ πρός τινας Plu. Them. 5: — Pass., πόλεμος ἐταράχθη D. 18.151; γόος.. ταραχθείς A. Ch. 331 (lyr.).
III exc. in the places mentioned, Hom. uses only intr. pf. τέτρηχα, to be in disorder or confusion, be in an uproar, τετρήχει δ' ἀγορή Il. 2.95; ἀγορὴ τετρηχυῖα 7.346; so τετρηχυῖα θάλασσα AP 7.283 (Leon.); τετρηχότος οἴδματος A.R. 1.1167; τετρηχότα βῶλον Id. 3.1393; τετρηχότι νώτῳ Nic. Th. 267; but ἐκ σέθεν.. ἄλγεα.. τετρήχασι cruel woes arise, A.R. 4.447, cf. 3.276, Philet. 7; in Nic. Th. 72 τετρήχοντα κλήματα is f.l. for δὲ τρήχοντα. (Alexandrine and later Poets seem to have thought erroneously that τέτρηχα = to be rough (cf. τραχύς).) (ταράχψω from ταραχ-ή, τάραχ-ος and these from Θᾰρᾰχ-: cogn. with θράσσω from θρᾱχ-ψω of which the Ion. pf. is τέτρηχα.)
ταράσσω; imperfect ἐτάρασσόν; 1 aorist ἐταραξα; passive, present imperative 3 person singular ταρασσέσθω; imperfect ἐταρασσομην; perfect τεταραγμαι; 1 aorist ἐταράχθην; from Homer down; to agitate, trouble (a thing, by the movement of its parts to and fro);
a. properly: τό ὕδωρ, John 5:4 (R L),7 (Ezekiel 32:2; τόν Πόντον, Homer, Odyssey 5, 291; τό πέλαγος, Euripides, Tro. 88; τόν ποταμόν, Aesop fab. 87 (25)).
b. tropically, "to cause one inward commotion, take away his calmness of mind, disturb his equanimity; to disquiet, make restless" (the Sept. for בִּהֵל, etc.; passive, ταράσσομαι for רָגַז, to be stirred up, irritated); α. to stir up: τόν ὄχλον, Acts 17:8; (τούς ὄχλους, Acts 17:13 L T Tr WH). β. to trouble: τινα, to strike one's spirit with fear or dread, passive, Matthew 2:3; Matthew 14:26; Mark 6:50; Luke 1:12; (Luke 24:38); 1 Peter 3:14; παράσσεται ἡ καρδία, John 14:1, 27; to affect with great pain or sorrow: ἑαυτόν (cf. our to trouble oneself), John 11:33 (A. V. was troubled (some understand the word here of bodily agitation)) (σεαυτόν μή ταρασσε, Antoninus 4, 26); τετάρακται ἡ ψυχή, John 12:27 (Psalm 6:4); ἐταράχθη τῷ πνεύματι, John 13:21. γ. to render anxious or distressed, to perplex the mind of one by suggesting scruples or doubts (Xenophon, mem. 2, 6, 17): Galatians 1:7; Galatians 5:10; τινα λόγοις, Acts 15:24. (Compare: διαπαράσσω, ἐκπαράσσω.)
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ταράσσω ,
[in LXX for H926, H7264, etc., forty-six words in all;]
to disturb, trouble, stir up: primarily in physical sense (Hom., Eur.): τ . ὕδωρ , John 1:5 (4), John 1:7. Metaph., of the mind (Æsch., Plat., al.), to trouble, disquiet, perplex: Acts 15:24, Galatians 1:7; Galatians 5:10; ἑαυτόν (troubled himself; Westc., in l), John 11:33; of a crowd, to stir up, Acts 17:8; Acts 17:13; pass., Matthew 2:3; Matthew 14:26, Mark 6:50, Luke 1:12; Luke 24:38, John 12:27 (Psalms 6:4) Psalms 14:1; Psalms 14:7, 1 Peter 3:14 (LXX); τ . πνεύματι , John 13:21 (cf. δια -, ἐκ -ταράσσω ).
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