Saleúō — G4531

Definition

verb

to waver, i.e. agitate, rock, topple or (by implication) destroy; figuratively, to disturb, incite

1. properly, of the motion produced by winds, storms, waves, etc
2. to shake down, overthrow, i. e. tropically, to cast down from one's (secure and happy) state

Usually translated as

be shaken, shake, move, which can, which cannot, stir up

Origin

from G4535

• sálos (G4535)

Occurrences

Saleúō occurs 15 times in 14 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), Mark (1), Luke (4), Acts (4), 2 Thessalonians (1), Hebrews (2)

• Matthew 11:7 — And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken (σαλευόμενον) with the wind?
• Matthew 24:29 — Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken (σαλευθήσονται):
• Mark 13:25 — And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken (σαλευθήσονται).
• Luke 6:38 — Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together (σεσαλευμένον), and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
• Luke 6:48 — He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake (σαλεῦσαι) it: for it was founded upon a rock.
• Luke 7:24 — And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken (σαλευόμενον) with the wind?
• Luke 21:26 — Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken (σαλευθήσονται).
• Acts 2:25 — For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved (σαλευθῶ):
• Acts 4:31 — And when they had prayed, the place was shaken (ἐσαλεύθη) where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
• Acts 16:26 — And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken (σαλευθῆναι): and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.
• Acts 17:13 — But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up (σαλεύοντες) the people.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:2 — That ye be not soon shaken (σαλευθῆναι) in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
• Hebrews 12:26 — Whose voice then shook (ἐσάλευσεν) the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
• Hebrews 12:27 — And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken (σαλευομένων), as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
• Hebrews 12:27 — And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken (σαλευόμενα) may remain.