Definition
ἀνα-σείω
[in Aq.: 1 Kings 26:19, Job 2:3; Aq., Sm.: Isaiah 36:18 * ;]
1. to shake out, shake back, move to and fro (Thuc., a1.).
2. In late writers (Diod., al.; see MM, VGT, see word), to stir up; metaphorically, to excite: τ. ὄχλον, Mark 15:11; τ. λαόν, Luke 23:5.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
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- Mark 15:11ἀνέσεισαν · stirred upBut the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.
- Luke 23:5Ἀνασείει · He stirs upBut they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”