UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: σεισμός; -οῦ

Related lemmas: σείω

Sense 1: earthquake

Semantic entry: 14.87

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Movement of the Earth

Definition: a sudden and severe movement of the earth

Notes: Since earthquakes are universal in occurrence, there is normally no difficulty involved in finding some way of speaking about them. However, in a number of languages idiomatic expressions are used, for example, ‘the devil rolled over’ or ‘mother earth belched.’|In RV ACT 16:26 · LV ACT 16:26 · Read together ACT 16:26 the earthquake is regarded as the cause of the prison foundations shaking, and it may be better to restructure the relationships expressed in RV ACT 16:26 · LV ACT 16:26 · Read together ACT 16:26 as ‘the prison shook because of the earthquake.’

MAT 24:7: RV MAT 24:7 · LV MAT 24:7 · Read together MAT 24:7

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OET-RV MAT 24:7

7 People groups will turn against each other, and countries rise up against one another, and there’ll be famines and earthquakes.

OET-LV MAT 24:7

7 For/Because nation will _be _being _raised against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and will _be famines and earthquakes in places.

MAT 27:54: RV MAT 27:54 · LV MAT 27:54 · Read together MAT 27:54

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OET-RV MAT 27:54

54 The Romaios officer and his soldiers who were guarding Yeshua were very frightened when they felt the earthquake and saw what happened, and said, “This man really was a son of God!”

OET-LV MAT 27:54

54 And the centurion and the ones with him guarding the Yaʸsous, having _seen the earthquake and the things having _become, were_ exceedingly _afraid saying:
Truly this one was son of_god.

All 11 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 24:7 · RV MAT 27:54 · RV MAT 28:2 · LV MAT 24:7 · LV MAT 27:54 · LV MAT 28:2 · Read together MAT 24:7 · Read together MAT 27:54 · Read together MAT 28:2

MRK: RV MRK 13:8 · LV MRK 13:8 · Read together MRK 13:8

LUK: RV LUK 21:11 · LV LUK 21:11 · Read together LUK 21:11

ACT: RV ACT 16:26 · LV ACT 16:26 · Read together ACT 16:26

REV: RV REV 6:12 · RV REV 8:5 · RV REV 11:13 · RV REV 11:19 · RV REV 16:18 · LV REV 6:12 · LV REV 8:5 · LV REV 11:13 · LV REV 11:19 · LV REV 16:18 · Read together REV 6:12 · Read together REV 8:5 · Read together REV 11:13 · Read together REV 11:19 · Read together REV 16:18

Sense 2: storm on the sea

Semantic entry: 14.22

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Events Involving Liquids and Dry Masses

Definition: a violent action of the surface of a body of water as the result of high waves caused by a strong wind

Notes: Though the term σεισμός[b] obviously implies the strong action of the wind, the focus is upon the violent motion caused by the waves. It might, therefore, be more appropriate to translate RV MAT 8:24 · LV MAT 8:24 · Read together MAT 8:24 as ‘there were huge waves on the sea’ or ‘… on the lake.’ Such a translation would then be appropriate for the following clause.

MAT 8:24: RV MAT 8:24 · LV MAT 8:24 · Read together MAT 8:24

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OET-RV MAT 8:24

24 Then wow, a huge storm rose up on the lake, and the waves started coming into the boat, but Yeshua was asleep.

OET-LV MAT 8:24

24 And see, a_ great _storm became in the sea, so _that the boat to _be _being _covered by the waves, but he was _sleeping.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

σεισμός

Form 1

Sense 1: earthquake

Sense 2: storm on the sea