What does ἀνασείω (anaseíō) mean in the Bible?
ἀνασείω (anaseíō): To stir up crowds or people with inflammatory speech, stirring them to agitation or rebellion
Greek · G383
ἀνασείω
Figuratively, to excite
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ἀνασείω G383
Pronunciation anaseíō
What does ἀνασείω (anaseíō) mean in the Bible?
ἀνασείω (anaseíō): To stir up crowds or people with inflammatory speech, stirring them to agitation or rebellion
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G383?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include He stirs up (1), stirred up (1).
Where does ἀνασείω (anaseíō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 15:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), 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 He stirs up 1× Luke 23:5
stirred up 1× Mark 15:11
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Usage map
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First aligned row Mark 15:11
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Mark 1 Luke 1
Source forms
Ἀνασείει 1x Anaseiei Luke 23:5
ἀνέσεισαν 1x aneseisan Mark 15:11
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Mark 15:11
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Luke 23:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To stir up crowds or people with inflammatory speech, stirring them to agitation or rebellion
Strong's G383
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
figuratively, to excite
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 15:11 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἀνέσεισαν aneseisan
I shake up, stir up, excite
Read verse Luke 23:5 Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Indicative
Ἀνασείει anaseiei
I shake up, stir up, 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 1 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Active
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Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Aorist Active Mark 15:11 1×
Present Active Luke 23:5 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1 aorist 1
Voice
active 2
Mood
indicative 2
NT Occurrences
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)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 23:1–5 ἀνασείει anaseíō
He stirs up, agitates
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀνασείω is built from these roots:
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