Definition

a commotion, i.e. (of the air) a gale, (of the ground) an earthquake

Etymology

from G4579 (σείω);

Word family

• σείω seíō

How the KJV renders it

• earthquake
• tempest

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.