UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to move, to come, to go

Semantic entry: 15.1

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Move, Come/Go

Definition: to make a change of location in space (a highly generic meaning)

Notes: A strictly literal translation of κινέω in RV ACT 17:28 · LV ACT 17:28 · Read together ACT 17:28 might imply merely moving from one place to another. The meaning, however, is generalized movement and activity; therefore, it may be possible to translate κινούμεθα as ‘we come and go’ or ‘we move about’ or even ‘we do what we do.’

ACT 17:28: RV ACT 17:28 · LV ACT 17:28 · Read together ACT 17:28

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OET-RV ACT 17:28

28 because
⇔ ‘We live in him and are moved by him and exist through him.’
§ Even some of your own poets wrote,
⇔ ‘We are all descended from just one.’

OET-LV ACT 17:28

28 For/Because we _are _living in him and are _being _moved and are, as also some of _the among you _all of_the_poets have _said:
For/Because we _are also of _the one descent.

Sense 2: to move, to remove

Semantic entry: 15.3

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Move, Come/Go

Definition: to cause something to be moved from a place

Notes: It is also possible to translate κινέω in RV REV 2:5 · LV REV 2:5 · Read together REV 2:5 as ‘I will take away.’

MAT 23:4: RV MAT 23:4 · LV MAT 23:4 · Read together MAT 23:4

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OET-RV MAT 23:4

4 They package up unbearably heavy loads and put them on the people’s shoulders, while they themselves won’t even lift a finger to help.

OET-LV MAT 23:4

4 And they _are _binding heavy and unbearable burdens, and they _are _laying_ them _on on the shoulders of_ the _people, but they are_ not _willing to _move them with _the finger of _them.

REV 2:5: RV REV 2:5 · LV REV 2:5 · Read together REV 2:5

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OET-RV REV 2:5

5 So now, you need to remember where you’ve fallen from, and repent and repeat how you behaved at the beginning, but if you don’t, I’ll come to you and if you don’t repent, I’ll remove your lampstand from its place.

OET-LV REV 2:5

5 Therefore be _remembering from _where you _have _fallen and repent, and the first works do.
And if not, I _am _coming to _you and will _be _removing the lampstand of _you out _of the place of _it, if not you _may _repent.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 23:4 · LV MAT 23:4 · Read together MAT 23:4

REV: RV REV 2:5 · RV REV 6:14 · LV REV 2:5 · LV REV 6:14 · Read together REV 2:5 · Read together REV 6:14

Sense 3: to shake (as of the head)

Semantic entry: 16.2

Semantic domains: Non-Linear Movement

Definition: to set something in motion, with the nature of the movement dependent upon the object in question

Notes: In RV MRK 15:29 · LV MRK 15:29 · Read together MRK 15:29 the shaking of the head signifies derision and scorn, but in some languages this meaning is expressed by quite different gestures, for example, pointing with the finger, throwing back the head, or shrugging the shoulders. In fact, in some languages shaking the head from side to side means assent, while nodding shows opposition.

MAT 27:39: RV MAT 27:39 · LV MAT 27:39 · Read together MAT 27:39

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OET-RV MAT 27:39

39 Many of the people passing by bad-mouthed him, shaking their heads

OET-LV MAT 27:39