Lexical Summary seismos: a commotion, shaking Original Word: σεισμόςTransliteration: seismos Phonetic Spelling: (sice-mos') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a commotion, shaking Meaning: a commotion, shaking Strong's Concordance earthquake, tempest. From seio; a commotion, i.e. (of the air) a gale, (of the ground) an earthquake -- earthquake, tempest. see GREEK seio Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4578: σεισμόςσεισμός, σεισμοῦ, ὁ (σείω), a shaking, a commotions: ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, a tempest, Matthew 8:24; as often in Greek writings from (Herodotus 4, 28), Sophocles, Aristophanes down, pre-eminently an earthquake: Matthew 24:7; Matthew 27:54; Matthew 28:2; Mark 13:8; Luke 21:11; Acts 16:26; Revelation 6:12; Revelation 8:5; Revelation 11:13, 19; Revelation 16:15; the Sept. for רַעַשׁ. |