What does σεισμός (seismós) mean in the Bible?
σεισμός (seismós): Physical upheaval signifying divine intervention or judgment in apocalyptic and eschatological contexts.
Greek · G4578
σεισμός
Earthquake
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σεισμός G4578
Pronunciation seismós
What does σεισμός (seismós) mean in the Bible?
σεισμός (seismós): Physical upheaval signifying divine intervention or judgment in apocalyptic and eschatological contexts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4578?
The BSB source-word alignment has 14 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include earthquake (6), earthquakes (3), an earthquake (2), quake (2), storm (1).
Where does σεισμός (seismós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 8:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (7), Matthew (4), Acts (1), Luke (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 earthquake 6× Matthew 27:54, Matthew 28:2, Acts 16:26, Revelation 6:12
earthquakes 3× Matthew 24:7, Mark 13:8, Luke 21:11
an earthquake 2× Revelation 8:5, Revelation 11:19
quake 2× Revelation 11:13, Revelation 16:18
storm 1× Matthew 8:24
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 8:24 σεισμὸς to storm Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 24:7 σεισμοὶ to earthquakes Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Matthew 27:54 σεισμὸν to earthquake Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Matthew 28:2 σεισμὸς to earthquake Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Mark 13:8 σεισμοὶ to earthquakes Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Luke 21:11 σεισμοί to earthquakes Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 16:26 σεισμὸς to earthquake Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 6:12 σεισμὸς to earthquake Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 8:5 σεισμός to an earthquake Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 11:13 σεισμὸς to earthquake Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 8:24
Aligned rows 14
Books represented 5
Matthew 4 Mark 1 Luke 1 Acts 1 Revelation 7
Source forms
σεισμὸς 8x seismos Matthew 8:24, Matthew 28:2, Acts 16:26, Revelation 6:12
σεισμοὶ 2x seismoi Matthew 24:7, Mark 13:8
σεισμοί 1x seismoi Luke 21:11
σεισμὸν 1x seismon Matthew 27:54
σεισμός 1x seismos Revelation 8:5
σεισμῷ 1x seismō Revelation 11:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 9x Matthew 8:24, Matthew 28:2, Acts 16:26, Revelation 6:12
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 3x Matthew 24:7, Mark 13:8, Luke 21:11
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 27:54
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 11:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Physical upheaval signifying divine intervention or judgment in apocalyptic and eschatological contexts.
Strong's G4578
Lexical occurrences 14 verses Greek text appearances 14 times Word forms 4 forms 14 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
earthquake
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Physical upheaval signifying divine intervention or judgment in apocalyptic and eschatological contexts.
(σείω), [in LXX chiefly for רַעַשׁ ;] a shaking, commotion, as a tempest at sea: Mat.8:24; esp. an earthquake: Mat.24:7 27:54 28:2, Mrk.13:8, Luk.21:11, Act.16:26, Rev.6:12 8:5 11:13, 19 16:18.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
14 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 8:24 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
σεισμὸς seismov
an earthquake, storm
Read verse Matthew 24:7 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
σεισμοὶ seismoi
an earthquake, storm
Read verse Matthew 27:54 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
σεισμὸν seismon
an earthquake, storm
Read verse Matthew 28:2 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
σεισμὸς seismov
an earthquake, storm
Read verse Mark 13:8 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
σεισμοὶ seismoi
an earthquake, storm
Read verse Luke 21:11 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
σεισμοί seismoi
an earthquake, storm
Read verse Acts 16:26 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
σεισμὸς seismov
an earthquake, storm
Read verse Revelation 6:12 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
σεισμὸς seismov
an earthquake, storm
Read verse Revelation 8:5 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
σεισμός. seismov
an earthquake, storm
Read verse Revelation 11:13 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
σεισμὸς seismov
an earthquake, storm
Read verse Revelation 11:13 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
σεισμῷ seismw
an earthquake, storm
Read verse Revelation 11:19 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
σεισμὸς seismov
an earthquake, storm
Read verse Revelation 16:18 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
σεισμὸς seismov
an earthquake, storm
Read verse Revelation 16:18 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
σεισμός, seismov
an earthquake, storm
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 4 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 4 Aligned forms 14 Case pattern Nominative (12) Number pattern Singular (11)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:24 · Matt 28:2 · Acts 16:26 · Rev 6:12 · Rev 8:5 · Rev 11:13 · Rev 11:19 · Rev 16:18 9×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 24:7 · Mark 13:8 · Luke 21:11 3×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Rev 11:13 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 27:54 1×
Word Origins
σεισμός is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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