5017. tarachos
Strong's Lexicon
tarachos: Disturbance, commotion, turmoil

Original Word: ταραχός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: tarachos
Pronunciation: tah-rah-KHOS
Phonetic Spelling: (tar'-akh-os)
Definition: Disturbance, commotion, turmoil
Meaning: a disturbance, commotion, trouble.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb ταράσσω (tarassō), meaning "to disturb" or "to trouble."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with similar concepts of disturbance or turmoil is מְהוּמָה (mehumah), Strong's Hebrew 4103, which also denotes confusion or panic.

Usage: The Greek word "tarachos" refers to a state of confusion, disorder, or unrest. It is used to describe situations where there is a lack of peace, often due to external circumstances or internal agitation. In the New Testament, it is used to convey the idea of emotional or social upheaval.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, "tarachos" would have been understood in the context of both personal and societal disturbances. The ancient world was familiar with political unrest, social upheaval, and personal turmoil, much like today. The term captures the essence of chaos that disrupts the normal order of life, whether in a community or within an individual's heart.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a later form of taraché (disorder)
Definition
disturbance, trouble
NASB Translation
disturbance (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5017: τάραχος

τάραχος, ταραχου, (παράσσω), commotion, stir (of mind): Acts 12:18; tumult (A. V. stir), Acts 19:23. (The Sept.; Xenophon, Plutarch, Lucian).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
a disturbance, commotion

Masculine from tarasso; a disturbance, i.e. (popular) tumult -- stir.

see GREEK tarasso

Forms and Transliterations
ταραχος τάραχος ταραχώδους tarachos tárachos
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Englishman's Concordance
Acts 12:18 N-NMS
GRK: ἡμέρας ἦν τάραχος οὐκ ὀλίγος
NAS: small disturbance among
KJV: no small stir among the soldiers,
INT: day there was disturbance not small

Acts 19:23 N-NMS
GRK: καιρὸν ἐκεῖνον τάραχος οὐκ ὀλίγος
NAS: small disturbance concerning
KJV: no small stir about that way.
INT: time same disturbance not small

Strong's Greek 5017
2 Occurrences


τάραχος — 2 Occ.

















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