Quick Definition
θορυβέω v. I disturb greatly, terrify, strike with panic
Strong's Definition
to be in tumult, i.e. disturb, clamor
Derivation: from G2351 (θόρυβος);
KJV Usage: make ado (a noise), trouble self, set on an uproar
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | θορυβάζω
39.44 · Hostility, Strife · Riot
to stir up against, to start a riot, to cause an uproar to cause people to riot against
25.234 · (θορυβέομαι) · Attitudes and Emotions · Worry, Anxiety, Distress, Peace
to be troubled, to be distressed, to be upset to be emotionally upset by a concern or anxiety It is also possible to interpret θορυβέομαι in ACT 20:10 as referring to the evident commotion caused by the fall of Eutychus from a window. Accordingly, one may translate as ‘stop this commotion; he is still alive.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θορυβέω, -ῶ : impf. ἐθορύβουν; pres. pass. θορυβοῦμαι; (θόρυβος) ; fr. Hdt. down ; 1. to make a noise or uproar, be turbulent. 2. trans. to disturb, throw into confusion: τὴν πόλιν, to “set the city on an uproar,” Acts xvii. 5; pass. to be troubled in mind, Acts xx. 10 [al. here adhere to the outward sense]; to wail tumultuously, Mt. ix. 23; Mk. v. 39.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θορυβέω thorybeō 4x
to make a din, uproar; trans. to disturb, throw into commotion, Acts 17:5; in NT mid. to manifest agitation of mind, to raise a lament, Mt. 9:23; Mk. 5:39; Acts 20:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θορυβέω, -ῶ
(< θόρυβος), [in LXX: Na 2:3(4) (רעל ho.), Da LXX 8:17 (בּעת ni.), Jg 3:26, Wi 18:19, Si 40:6*;]
to make a noise or uproar: mid., of loud and ostentatious lamentation, Mt 9:23, Mk 5:39, Ac 20:10.
Trans., to trouble, throw into confusion: τ. πόλιν, Ac 17:5.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θορυβέω. P Tebt IT. 4113 (1,Δ.1).} μηδὲν μέντοι θορυβηθῇς, παραγενόμενος γὰρ εἴσῃ ὅ τι ποτέ ἐστιν, ““ο not be disturbed however, for when you come you will know what it means” (Edd.), P Oxy XII. 158718 (late iii/A.D.) ἐπεὶ θορυβούμεθα, Syll 737% (c. A.D. 175) οὐδενὶ δὲ ἐξέσται ev TH στιβάδι οὔτε doar οὔτε θορυβῆσαι οὔτε κροτῆσαι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θορυβέω (thorubeō) — to make commotion. θορῠβ-έω, make a noise, uproar or disturbance, especially of crowds, assemblies, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. shout in token of approbation or the contrary:
2. a cheer, applaud, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, λόγος τεθορυβημένος a loudly cheered speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. b more frequently raise clamour, καί μοι μὴ θορυβήσητε pray do not interrupt, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ θορυβῶν, opposed to ὁ θέλων λέγειν καὶ ἀκούειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, have clamours raised against one, ὑπὸ τοιούτων ἀνδρῶν θορυβῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. transitive, confuse by noise or tumult, bewilder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; throw [troops] into confusion, in battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. πρός τινας cause excitement amongst.., [Refs]:—passive, to be thrown into disorder, confused, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι at a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
