Dictionary entry

G04531

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

σαλεύω

Etym. σάλος

I. "to cause to rock, make to oscillate, shake to and fro", Eur., Anth.; σα. τοὺς ὄχλους "to stir" them "up", NTest.:—Pass. "to be shaken to and fro, totter, reel", χθὼν σεσάλευται Aesch.

II. intr. "to move up and down, to roll, toss", as on the sea, Xen.:—metaph. "to toss like a ship" at sea, "to be tempest-tost, be in sore distress", Soph., Eur.

2. of a ship also, "to ride" at anchor: metaph., σα. ἐπί τινι "to ride at anchor on" one's friend, "depend" upon him, Plut.