UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to be in motion, to move, movement

Semantic entry: 16.1

Semantic domains: Non-Linear Movement

Definition: the motion of a solid or mass, without indication of movement in space

Notes: This word is found as a variant reading only: ἐκδεχομένων τὴν τοῦ ὕδατος κίνησιν ‘waiting for the water to move’ RV JHN 5:3 · LV JHN 5:3 · Read together JHN 5:3 (apparatus).|In a number of languages it may be necessary to indicate clearly the kind of motion which would be implied in RV JHN 5:3 · LV JHN 5:3 · Read together JHN 5:3. Perhaps the most satisfactory rendering would involve the kind of motion resulting from the bubbling up of water, but not with the implication of being caused by heat. It would be inappropriate to use a term meaning merely ‘to shake,’ since this might suggest an earthquake.