ταράσσω

ταράσσω — tarássō

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, Joh 5:4 (R L),7 (Eze 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, Act 17:8; (τούς ὄχλους, Act 17:13 L T Tr WH). β. to trouble: τινα, to strike one's spirit with fear or dread, passive, Mat 2:3; Mat 14:26; Mar 6:50; Luk 1:12; (Luk 24:38); 1Pe 3:14; παράσσεται ἡ καρδία, Joh 14:1; Joh 14:27; to affect with great pain or sorrow: ἑαυτόν (cf. our to trouble oneself), Joh 11:33 (A. V. was troubled (some understand the word here of bodily agitation)) (σεαυτόν μή ταρασσε, Antoninus 4, 26); τετάρακται ἡ ψυχή, Joh 12:27 (Psa 6:4); ἐταράχθη τῷ πνεύματι, Joh 13:21. γ. to render anxious or distressed, to perplex the mind of one by suggesting scruples or doubts (Xenophon, mem. 2, 6, 17): Gal 1:7; Gal 5:10; τιναλόγοις, Act 15:24. (Compare: διαπαράσσω, ἐκπαράσσω.)