Definition

properly, to drive out of home, i.e. (by implication) to disturb (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from a derivative of G450 (ἀνίστημι) (in the sense of removal);

Where the KJV renders it

• trouble
• turn upside down
• make an uproar

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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