UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: τάραχος; -ου

Related lemmas: ταράσσω

Sense 1: commotion, serious trouble

Semantic entry: 39.5

Semantic domains: Hostility, Strife

Subdomains: Opposition, Hostility

Definition: a serious disturbance

ACT 19:23: RV ACT 19:23 · LV ACT 19:23 · Read together ACT 19:23

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OET-RV ACT 19:23

23 But while he was still there, a major disturbance hit the Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) followers.

OET-LV ACT 19:23

23 And concerning the that time, a_ not little _disturbance became concerning the way.

Sense 2: great distress, extreme anxiety

Semantic entry: 25.243

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Worry, Anxiety, Distress, Peace

Definition: a state of acute distress and great anxiety, with the additional possible implications of dismay and confusion

Notes: Since τάραχος refers to the type of extreme anxiety which borders on fear, it may be possible in some languages to use a double expression, ‘were greatly distressed and afraid.’

ACT 12:18: RV ACT 12:18 · LV ACT 12:18 · Read together ACT 12:18

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OET-RV ACT 12:18

18 Once daylight came, there was pandemonium among the soldiers in the prison as they tried to figure out what had happened to Kefa.

OET-LV ACT 12:18

18 And having _become day, there _was no little disturbance among the soldiers, what consequently became the Petros.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

τάραχος

Form 1

Sense 1: commotion, serious trouble

Sense 2: great distress, extreme anxiety