Lexicon
ἀναστατόω
anastatoō
G0387
G:V Greek

to cause trouble

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Greek
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anastatoo describes causing disruptive unrest or distress among people in the cited passages.

The attested use describes bringing disruption or distress: opponents accuse men of overturning the world’s order in Acts 17:6, an Egyptian is said to have caused trouble in Acts 21:38, and people are characterized as troubling the Galatians in Galatians 5:12.

Senses in use

  1. Causing disruptive unrest or distress · dominant

    All three occurrences use active participles for people identified by the disruption they bring. In Acts 17:6 the APB renders the accusation against the men as having “turned the world upside down”; in Acts 21:38 it describes the Egyptian as one who “caused trouble,” and in Galatians 5:12 it refers to those who “trouble you.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the clauses with “turned the world upside down,” “caused trouble,” and “trouble you.” These expressions confirm the verses’ shared portrayal of disruption rather than establish separate lexical senses.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture