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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ἀναστατόωG387
Pronunciationanastatóō
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 Itare agitating1×Galatians 5:12
have turned1×Acts 17:6
incited a rebellion1×Acts 21:38
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 17:6ἀναστατώσαντεςtohave turnedVerb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralActs 21:38ἀναστατώσαςtoincited a rebellionVerb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularGalatians 5:12ἀναστατοῦντεςtoare agitatingVerb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 17:6
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Acts2Galatians1
Source forms
ἀναστατοῦντες1xanastatountesGalatians 5:12
ἀναστατώσαντες1xanastatōsantesActs 17:6
ἀναστατώσας1xanastatōsasActs 21:38
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural1xActs 17:6
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular1xActs 21:38
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural1xGalatians 5:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To overturn or unsettle fundamentally, whether through sedition, false teaching, or agitation.
Strong'sG387
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms1 form3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to cause trouble
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 17:6Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀναστατώσαντες,anastatwsantev
I turn upside down, upset, unsettle
Read verseActs 21:38Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀναστατώσαςanastatwsav
I turn upside down, upset, unsettle
Read verseGalatians 5:12Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀναστατοῦντεςanastatountev
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 groups1Aligned forms3TensesAorist, PresentVoicesActive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participleverbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality3×
Aorist ActiveActs 17:6 · Acts 21:382×
Present ActiveGal 5:121×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist2present1
Voice
active3
Mood
participle3
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: