Acts 17:8

ἐτάραξαν δὲ τὸν ὄχλον καὶ τοὺς πολιτάρχας ἀκούοντας ταῦτα
And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἐτάραξαν
G5015 V-AAI-3P
tarassō
to stir or agitate (roil water)
  • to agitate, trouble (a thing, by the movement of its parts to and fro)
    • to cause one inward commotion, take away his calmness of mind, disturb his equanimity
      • "to disquiet, make restless"to stir up"to trouble
      • to strike one's spirit with fear and dread
      to render anxious or distressed"to perplex the mind of one by suggesting scruples or doubts
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
τὸν
G3588 T-ASM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ὄχλον
G3793 N-ASM
ochlos
a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot
  • a crowd
    • a casual collection of people
      • a multitude of men who have flocked together in some place
        • "a throng
      a multitude
      • the common people, as opposed to the rulers and leading men
        • "with contempt: the ignorant multitude, the populace
      a multitude
      • the multitudes, seems to denote troops of people gathered together without order
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
τοὺς
G3588 T-APM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
πολιτάρχας
G4173 N-APM
politarchēs
a town-officer, i.e., magistrate
  • a ruler of a city or citizens
ἀκούοντας
G191 V-PAP-APM
akouō
to hear (in various senses)
  • to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf
    • "to hear
    • to attend to, consider what is or has been said
      • "to understand, perceive the sense of what is said
    to hear something
    • to perceive by the ear what is announced in one's presence
      • "to get by hearing learn"a thing comes to one's ears, to find out, learn"to give ear to a teaching or a teacher"to comprehend, to understand
ταῦτα
G5023
tauta
these things
  • these

ἐτάραξαν δὲ τὸν ὄχλον καὶ τοὺς πολιτάρχας ἀκούοντας ταῦτα
8
And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
Cross References

Matthew 2:3

Ἀκούσας δὲ Ἡρῴδης ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐταράχθη καὶ πᾶσα Ἱεροσόλυμα μετ' αὐτοῦ
3
When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

John 11:48

ἐὰν ἀφῶμεν αὐτὸν οὕτως πάντες πιστεύσουσιν εἰς αὐτόν καὶ ἐλεύσονται οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι καὶ ἀροῦσιν ἡμῶν καὶ τὸν τόπον καὶ τὸ ἔθνος
48
If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Acts 17:7
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