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anastatamō

Greekἀναστατόω (anastatoō)

Strong’sG387

I turn upside down, upset, unsettle

stem anastat-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 forms occur

Translated as

stirred up a revoltturned … upsidedownunsettle

What it means

ἀνα-στατόω,

(< ἀνάστατος, driven from home; < ἀνίστημι), [in LXX: Da 7:23 (דּוּשׁ;* also in Aq., and in π. (v. Deiss., LAE, 80 f.; MM, VGT, s.v.),]

to stir up, excite, unsettle: c. acc.;
(a) to tumult and sedition: Ac 17:6 21:38;
(b) by false teaching: Ga 5:12 (v. Milligan, NTD, 73 f.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G387 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidan-as-tat-o'-o

properly, to drive out of home, i.e. (by implication) to disturb (literally or figuratively)

Fromfrom a derivative of G450 (in the sense of removal);

King Jamestrouble, turn upside down, make an uproar.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
anastatarōtoisἀναστατοῦντεςhappening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculineunsettle
anastataratosἀναστατώσαςhappened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculinestirred up a revolt
anastataratoisἀναστατώσαντεςhappened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculineturned … upsidedown

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularanastatamōanastatameanastatamianastatamaanastatamēanastatamelē
you 2nd person singularanastatasōanastataseanastatasianastatasaanastatasēanastataselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularanastatatōanastatateanastatatianastatataanastatatēanastatatelē
we 1st person pluralanastatanōanastataneanastatanianastatanaanastatanēanastatanelē
ye 2nd person pluralanastatavōanastataveanastatavianastatavaanastatavēanastatavelē
they 3rd person pluralanastatalōanastataleanastatalianastatalaanastatalēanastatalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularanastatameiōanastatameiaanastatameiē
you 2nd person singularanastataseiōanastataseiaanastataseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularanastatateiōanastatateiaanastatateiē
we 1st person pluralanastataneiōanastataneiaanastataneiē
ye 2nd person pluralanastataveiōanastataveiaanastataveiē
they 3rd person pluralanastataleiōanastataleiaanastataleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularanastatasōranastatasaranastatasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularanastatatōranastatataranastatatēr
ye 2nd person pluralanastatavōranastatavaranastatavēr
they 3rd person pluralanastatalōranastatalaranastatalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularanastatamoiōanastatamoia
you 2nd person singularanastatasoiōanastatasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularanastatatoiōanastatatoia
we 1st person pluralanastatanoiōanastatanoia
ye 2nd person pluralanastatavoiōanastatavoia
they 3rd person pluralanastataloiōanastataloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceanastatarōanastatarianastataraanastatarē
Used as an adjective — participle, 3 occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceanastatarōtosanastataritosanastataratosἀναστατώσαςanastatarētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
anastatstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvlwho person+eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+tthen it declines+ogender+sits job in the sentence case

anastat is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

anastatarōtois“unsettle”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine

Galatians 5:12“unsettle”ofelon kai apokopteli tois anastatarōtois vin.As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!

anastataratos“stirred up a revolt”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine

Acts 21:38“stirred up a revolt”ouk ara sis asō tos Aiguptios tos pro houtaiu taiu hēmeraiu anastataratos kai exagaratos eis tan erēman toin tetrakischilioi anēroin toiu sikarioiu?“Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the Assassins into the wilderness?”

anastataratois“turned … upsidedown”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine

Acts 17:6“turned … upsidedown”mē heuriskaratois de autoin surale Iasōnon kai tinoin adelfoin epi toin politarchoin, boarōtois hoti Tois tan oikoumenan anastataratois houtois kai enthade pareialō,But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,