κλῠδων-ίζω G2831
To be tossed about by waves, buffeted, or thrown into confusion
This verb in passive form means to be buffeted by heavy seas or tossed by waves, with metaphorical extension to being disturbed or thrown into confusion. Ephesians 4:14 uses it metaphorically: believers should not be 'tossed' by every wind of teaching. The Spanish 'sacudidos por las olas' (shaken by waves) preserves the maritime imagery. Paul's nautical metaphor warns against doctrinal instability, contrasting with mature rootedness in truth.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Describes being tossed about or buffeted, particularly by waves at sea. Paul employs this maritime image for theological instability—immature believers tossed by shifting doctrinal winds and waves of deceptive teaching, lacking the anchor and ballast that come from growing up into Christ through truth spoken in love. 1×
AR["مُتَمَوِّجينَ"]·ben["দোলায়িত-হয়ে"]·DE["hin-und-her-geworfen"]·EN["being-tossed"]·FR["κλυδωνιζόμενοι"]·heb["הַמִּטַלְטְלִים"]·HI["हिलतये-जअते"]·ID["diombang-ambingkan"]·IT["kludōnizomenoi"]·jav["kabuncang"]·KO["흔들리는"]·PT["agitados-pelas-ondas"]·RU["колеблящимися"]·ES["sacudidos-por-las-olas"]·SW["tukitupwa-huku-na-huku"]·TR["calkananlar"]·urd["لہروں-میں-ہلچل-مچل-ہوتے"]
Related Senses
H4941 1. justice, righteousness (134×)H4941 2. judgment, judicial decision (119×)H4941 3. ordinances, statutes (plural) (110×)H8199 1. to judge, adjudicate (98×)G2919 1. judge, pass judgment (76×)H8199 2. judge (person, office-holder) (61×)G2920 1. judgment / condemnation (48×)H7378 1. Qal: quarrel, contend, strive (42×)H4941 4. prescribed ordinance, regulation (34×)G1832 1. it is lawful, it is permitted (32×)G2917 1. judgment, condemnation (27×)G2919 2. be judged, stand trial (27×)H5360 1. vengeance, retribution (27×)H7378 2. Qal: plead, defend, litigate (22×)G2723 1. accuse, bring charges against (20×)G2923 1. judge (one who judges/decides) (19×)G2632 1. condemn, pass judgment against (18×)H1777 1. judge, adjudicate (18×)H1576 1. recompense, retribution (17×)H5359 1. vengeance, retribution (17×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
κλῠδων-ίζω, Refs:—elsewhere in passive, to be buffeted, swept by heavy seas, τὸν κυβερνήτην -ίζεσθαι καὶ ἀστοχεῖν θαλασσομαχοῦντα Vett.Refs 6th c.AD+: usually metaphorically, to be disturbed, thrown into confusion, οἱ ἄδικοι κλυδωνισθήσονται LXX+1st c.AD+; to be tossed about, παντὶ ἀνέμῳ τῆς διδασκαλίας NT