What does ἀναστατόω (anastatóō) mean in the Bible?
ἀναστατόω (anastatóō): To overturn or unsettle fundamentally, whether through sedition, false teaching, or agitation.
Greek · G387
ἀναστατόω
To cause trouble
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ἀναστατόω G387
Pronunciation anastatóō
What does ἀναστατόω (anastatóō) mean in the Bible?
ἀναστατόω (anastatóō): To overturn or unsettle fundamentally, whether through sedition, false teaching, or agitation.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G387?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include are agitating (1), have turned (1), incited a rebellion (1).
Where does ἀναστατόω (anastatóō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 17:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Galatians (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 are agitating 1× Galatians 5:12
have turned 1× Acts 17:6
incited a rebellion 1× Acts 21:38
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 17:6 ἀναστατώσαντες to have turned Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 21:38 ἀναστατώσας to incited a rebellion Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Galatians 5:12 ἀναστατοῦντες to are agitating Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 17:6
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Acts 2 Galatians 1
Source forms
ἀναστατοῦντες 1x anastatountes Galatians 5:12
ἀναστατώσαντες 1x anastatōsantes Acts 17:6
ἀναστατώσας 1x anastatōsas Acts 21:38
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 17:6
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 21:38
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Galatians 5:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To overturn or unsettle fundamentally, whether through sedition, false teaching, or agitation.
Strong's G387
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 1 form 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to cause trouble
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To overturn or unsettle fundamentally, whether through sedition, false teaching, or agitation.
(ἀνάστατος, driven from home; ἀνίστημι), [in LXX: Dan.7:23 (דּוּשׁ;* also in Aq., and in π. (see Deiss., LAE, 80 f.; MM, VGT, see word),] to stir up, excite, unsettle: with accusative;
bby false teaching: Gal.5:12 (see Milligan, NTD, 73 f.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 17:6 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀναστατώσαντες, anastatwsantev
I turn upside down, upset, unsettle
Read verse Acts 21:38 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀναστατώσας anastatwsav
I turn upside down, upset, unsettle
Read verse Galatians 5:12 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀναστατοῦντες anastatountev
I turn upside down, upset, unsettle
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 3 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Active
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×
Aorist Active Acts 17:6 · Acts 21:38 2×
Present Active Gal 5:12 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2 present 1
Voice
active 3
Mood
participle 3
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)
Word Origins
ἀναστατόω is built from this root:
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