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τάραχος

Disturbance

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τάραχος G5017
Pronunciation tárachos

What does τάραχος (tárachos) mean in the Bible?

τάραχος (tárachos) is a Greek word meaning "disturbance". τάραχος, -ου, ὁ (ταράσσω), [in LXX for מְהוּמָה, etc.

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Meaning

disturbance
Extended definition

Tumultuous confusion and agitation spreading through a crowd, often with social disruption

(ταράσσω), [in LXX for מְהוּמָה, etc. ;] later form of ταραχή (Xen., al.; see Thackeray, Gr., 159): Act.12:18 19:23.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 12:18 · Acts 19:23 2×
2 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 19 — The Word of the Lord Grows Mightily in Ephesus

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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