What does θόρυβος (thórybos) mean in the Bible?
θόρυβος (thórybos): Loud commotion from excited crowds or mourners; emphasizes the audible, visible chaos of agitated masses
Greek · G2351
θόρυβος
A disturbance
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θόρυβος G2351
Pronunciation thórybos
What does θόρυβος (thórybos) mean in the Bible?
θόρυβος (thórybos): Loud commotion from excited crowds or mourners; emphasizes the audible, visible chaos of agitated masses
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2351?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a riot (3), uproar (2), [the] commotion (1), an uproar (1).
Where does θόρυβος (thórybos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 26:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3), Mark (2), Matthew (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a riot 3× Matthew 26:5, Matthew 27:24, Mark 14:2
uproar 2× Acts 20:1, Acts 21:34
[the] commotion 1× Mark 5:38
an uproar 1× Acts 24:18
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 26:5 θόρυβος to a riot Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 27:24 θόρυβος to a riot Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Mark 5:38 θόρυβον to [the] commotion Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Mark 14:2 θόρυβος to a riot Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 20:1 θόρυβον to uproar Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 21:34 θόρυβον to uproar Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 24:18 θορύβου to an uproar Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 26:5
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 3
Matthew 2 Mark 2 Acts 3
Source forms
θόρυβον 3x thorybon Mark 5:38, Acts 20:1, Acts 21:34
θόρυβος 3x thorybos Matthew 26:5, Matthew 27:24, Mark 14:2
θορύβου 1x thorybou Acts 24:18
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 3x Mark 5:38, Acts 20:1, Acts 21:34
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 3x Matthew 26:5, Matthew 27:24, Mark 14:2
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Acts 24:18
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Loud commotion from excited crowds or mourners; emphasizes the audible, visible chaos of agitated masses
Strong's G2351
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 3 forms 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a disturbance
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Loud commotion from excited crowds or mourners; emphasizes the audible, visible chaos of agitated masses
a noise, uproar, tumult, as of an excited mob: Mat.26:5 27:24, Mrk.14:2, Act.20:1 21:34 24:18; of mourners, = ὄχλος θορυβούμενος, Mrk.5:38.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 26:5 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
θόρυβος qorubov
confused noise, riot, disturbance
Read verse Matthew 27:24 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
θόρυβος qorubov
confused noise, riot, disturbance
Read verse Mark 5:38 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
θόρυβον, qorubon
confused noise, riot, disturbance
Read verse Mark 14:2 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
θόρυβος qorubov
confused noise, riot, disturbance
Read verse Acts 20:1 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
θόρυβον, qorubon
confused noise, riot, disturbance
Read verse Acts 21:34 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
θόρυβον, qorubon
confused noise, riot, disturbance
Read verse Acts 24:18 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
θορύβου, qorubou
confused noise, riot, disturbance
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 7 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 26:5 · Matt 27:24 · Mark 14:2 3×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 24:18 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Mark 5:38 · Acts 20:1 · Acts 21:34 3×
Word Origins
θόρυβος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain