What does κινέω (kinéō) mean in the Bible?
κινέω (kinéō): To move physically or to agitate emotionally; often used for stirring up trouble or unrest.
Greek · G2795
κινέω
To stir (transitively), literally or figuratively
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κινέω G2795
Pronunciation kinéō
What does κινέω (kinéō) mean in the Bible?
κινέω (kinéō): To move physically or to agitate emotionally; often used for stirring up trouble or unrest.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2795?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include shaking (2), move (1), remove (1), stirring up (1), to move (1).
Where does κινέω (kinéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3), Matthew (2), Revelation (2), Mark (1).
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 shaking 2× Matthew 27:39, Mark 15:29
move 1× Acts 17:28
remove 1× Revelation 2:5
stirring up 1× Acts 24:5
to move 1× Matthew 23:4
was moved 1× Revelation 6:14
was stirred up 1× Acts 21:30
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 23:4 κινῆσαι to to move Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Matthew 27:39 κινοῦντες to shaking Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Mark 15:29 κινοῦντες to shaking Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 17:28 κινούμεθα to move Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Plural Acts 21:30 Ἐκινήθη to was stirred up Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Acts 24:5 κινοῦντα to stirring up Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular Revelation 2:5 κινήσω to remove Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Revelation 6:14 ἐκινήθησαν to was moved Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 23:4
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 4
Matthew 2 Mark 1 Acts 3 Revelation 2
Source forms
κινοῦντες 2x kinountes Matthew 27:39, Mark 15:29
Ἐκινήθη 1x Ekinēthē Acts 21:30
ἐκινήθησαν 1x ekinēthēsan Revelation 6:14
κινῆσαι 1x kinēsai Matthew 23:4
κινήσω 1x kinēsō Revelation 2:5
κινούμεθα 1x kinoumetha Acts 17:28
κινοῦντα 1x kinounta Acts 24:5
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Matthew 27:39, Mark 15:29
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural 1x Revelation 6:14
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 21:30
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 1x Matthew 23:4
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular 1x Revelation 2:5
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Plural 1x Acts 17:28
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 24:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To move physically or to agitate emotionally; often used for stirring up trouble or unrest.
Strong's G2795
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 3 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to stir (transitively), literally or figuratively
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:4 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
κινῆσαι kinhsai
I move, stir, excite
Read verse Matthew 27:39 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
κινοῦντες kinountev
I move, stir, excite
Read verse Mark 15:29 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
κινοῦντες kinountev
I move, stir, excite
Read verse Acts 17:28 Verb First Person Plural Present Passive Indicative
κινούμεθα kinoumeqa
I move, stir, excite
Read verse Acts 21:30 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Passive Indicative
ἐκινήθη ekinhqh
I move, stir, excite
Read verse Acts 24:5 Verb Present Active Participle Accusative Singular Masculine
κινοῦντα kinounta
I move, stir, excite
Read verse Revelation 2:5 Verb First Person Singular Future Active Indicative
κινήσω kinhsw
I move, stir, excite
Read verse Revelation 6:14 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Passive Indicative
ἐκινήθησαν. ekinhqhsan
I move, stir, excite
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 8 Tenses Present, Aorist, Future Voices Active, Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 3×
Present Active Matt 27:39 · Mark 15:29 · Acts 24:5 3×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Active Matt 23:4 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 4×
Aorist Passive Acts 21:30 · Rev 6:14 2×
Present Passive Acts 17:28 1×
Future Active Rev 2:5 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 7 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 3 present 3 future 1
Voice
active 5 passive 2
Mood
indicative 3 participle 3 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 23:4 κινῆσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 27:39 κινοῦντες present active participle participle Mark 15:29 κινοῦντες present active participle participle Acts 21:30 ἐκινήθη aorist passive indicative completed Acts 24:5 κινοῦντα present active participle participle Revelation 2:5 κινήσω future active indicative prospective Revelation 6:14 ἐκινήθησαν aorist passive indicative completed
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
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