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seismos G4578

σεισμός (seismos) means “earthquake” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

σεισμός Greek · G4578 14 tagged occurrences in 12 verses

Pronunciation guide: sice-mos' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4578

σεισμός · seismos · earthquake

σεισμός, -οῦ, ὁ (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.† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

a shaking (as an earthquake); a storm.

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How translators render G4578

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
earthquake 6
earthquakes 3
an earthquake 2
quake 2
storm 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
earthquake 5
an earthquake 3
earthquakes 3
the earthquake 2
a 1
tempest 1

Verses containing G4578

Page 1 of 1. 12 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 8:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves. But Jesus was sleeping.

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  2. Matthew 24:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

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  3. Matthew 27:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

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  4. Matthew 28:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.

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  5. Mark 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

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  6. Luke 21:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

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  7. Acts 16:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.

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  8. Revelation 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,

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  9. Revelation 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

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  10. Revelation 11:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

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  11. Revelation 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

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  12. Revelation 16:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake.

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Sources and text

Data created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.

We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

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