noun · masculine
thorubos
Strong’sG2351
confused noise, riot, disturbance
stem thorub-7 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
θόρυβος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX for הָמוֹן, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2351 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidthor'-oo-bos
a disturbance
Fromfrom the base of G2360;
King Jamestumult, uproar.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
noise, especially the confused noise of a crowded assembly, uproar, clamour, Refs 5th c.BC+; θόρυβος βοῆς a confused clamour, Refs 5th c.BC+; less frequently of an individual, Refs 5th c.BC+; of animals, θόρυβον δ᾽ οὐκ ἐφίλησαν ὄνων Refs
2 especially in token of approbation or the contrary, Refs 5th c.BC+
2.a applause, θ. Ληναΐτης Refs 5th c.BC+
2.b groans, murmurs, Refs 5th c.BC+; μεγάλοι θόρυβοι κατέχουσ᾽ ἡμᾶς great murmurs are abroad among us, Refs 5th c.BC+
II tumult, confusion, θ. παρασχεῖν τινι Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐς θ. ἀπικέσθαι, καταστῆναι, Refs 5th c.BC+; κραυγὴ καὶ θ. Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 confusion of mind, θορύβους ἐνθυμηματικοὺς καὶ ἀποφθεγματικοὺς παρασκευάζειν Refs 4th c.BC+; ὁ παρὰ κακὰς δόξας θ. Refs 5th c.BC+
III with infinitive, ἐς θόρυβον ἤλυθον.. λευσθῆναι I ran a risk of being stoned, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | thorubos3×θόρυβος | thorubois |
| object accusative | thorubon3×θόρυβον | thoruboin |
| direct address vocative | thorubor | thoruboir |
| of, belonging to genitive | thorubou1×θορύβου | thoruboiu |
| to, for dative | thorubo | thoruboi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
thorubo 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
thorubos“riot”subjectnominative singular3×
Matthew 26:5“uproar”… Mē en ta heorta, hina mē thorubos geneteia en to lao.“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
Matthew 27:24… Pilatos hoti oudenem ōfelatō alla mallon thorubos genotō labarantos hudem aponipteta tain cheirain …… accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water …
Mark 14:2… Mē en ta heorta, mēpote eti thorubos tou laou.… said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
thorubon“uproar”objectaccusative singular3×
Mark 5:38… ton oikon tou archisunagōgou, kai theōratō thorubon kai klaiarōntoin kai alalazarōntoin polleim,… the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing …
Acts 20:1Meta de tem pauera ton thorubon metapemperantos tos Paulos toin mathētoin kai …When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the …
Acts 21:34… autou gnōskara tem asfalem dia ton thorubon keleuata agorō auton eis tan parembolan.… at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought …
thorubou“disturbance”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 24:18“disturbance”… hiere, ouk meta ochlou oude meta thorubou,… in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar …