Thorubos is a public disturbance marked by crowd noise, conflicting shouts, or escalating unrest.

The attested use denotes a disturbance among people: it may be anticipated among a festival crowd, seen in loud mourning, impede discovery of facts amid conflicting shouts, or be explicitly absent from a temple setting.

1. Public disturbance or unrest · dominant

   In Mark 14:2 and Matthew 26:5, the noun names the disturbance feared among the people during a festival; Matthew 27:24 describes it as increasing while Pilate accomplishes nothing. In Mark 5:38 it occurs with people weeping and wailing loudly, while Acts 21:34 places it amid a crowd shouting conflicting things; Acts 20:1 says it ceased, and Acts 24:18 denies its presence alongside any crowd.

   Acts 20:1Acts 21:34Acts 24:18Mark 14:2Mark 5:38Matthew 26:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term as “commotion,” including a disturbance that ceases, one feared among the people, and one that increases. In Acts 24:18 it uses “tumult” in the denial of any crowd or tumult; these renderings are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.