ἀναστατόωanastatóō
to stir up, excite, unsettle: with accusative
Greek (New Testament) · G387
Meanings
(a) to tumult and sedition: Acts 17:6, Acts 21:38
(b) by false teaching: Galatians 5:12.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Acts 17:6 Not finding them there, they dragged out Jason and some of the other believers instead and took them before the city council. “Paul and Silas have caused trouble all over the world,” they shouted, “and now they are here disturbing our city, too.
- Acts 21:38 “Aren’t you the Egyptian who led a rebellion some time ago and took 4,000 members of the Assassins out into the desert?”
- Galatians 5:12 I just wish that those troublemakers who want to mutilate you by circumcision would mutilate themselves.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.