2. violent storm, tempest — A violent shaking of the sea or atmosphere, a storm or tempest (not a geological earthquake). This sense extends seismos from earth-shaking to sea-shaking, as in the storm on the Sea of Galilee (Matt 8:24). Multilingual evidence sharply diverges from the earthquake cluster: Spanish 'temblor' (tremor, not terremoto), Hindi 'तूफ़ान' (storm/tempest, from Arabic), Arabic 'عاصِفَةٌ' (storm/tempest, not zilzal), Korean '폭풍이' (storm/tempest 暴風, not jijin 地震), Swahili 'dhoruba' (storm, not tetemeko). Every language independently selects a weather-storm term rather than an earthquake term, confirming a distinct sense. 1×
AR["عاصِفَةٌ"]·ben["ঝড়"]·DE["Erdbeben"]·EN["a-shaking"]·FR["tremblement-de-terre"]·heb["רַעַשׁ"]·HI["तूफ़ान"]·ID["badai"]·IT["terremoto"]·jav["lindhu"]·KO["폭풍-이"]·PT["tempestade"]·RU["буря"]·ES["temblor"]·SW["dhoruba"]·TR["sarsıntı"]·urd["طوفان"]
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1. earthquake — A seismic event, a shaking of the earth. The singular and plural clusters represent the same sense — an earthquake — differing only in grammatical number and case. Multilingual evidence is highly convergent: Spanish 'terremoto' / 'terremotos,' Hindi 'भूकंप' / 'भूकम्प' (earthquake, variant spellings), Arabic 'زِلزالٌ' / 'زَلازِلُ' (earthquake / earthquakes, from the root z-l-z-l for trembling), Korean '지진이' / '지진들이' (earthquake / earthquakes, using Sino-Korean 地震), Swahili 'tetemeko' / 'matetemeko' (earthquake / earthquakes, from the verb -tetema, to tremble). 13×
AR["الزَّلْزَالَ","زَلازِلُ","زَلزالٌ","زَلزَلَةٌ","زَلَازِلُ","زَلْزَلَةٌ","زِلزالٌ","زِلزالِ"]·ben["কম্পন","ভূমিকম্প","ভূমিকম্প।","ভূমিকম্পে"]·DE["Erdbeben"]·EN["an-earthquake","earthquake","earthquakes"]·FR["tremblement-de-terre"]·heb["הָ-רַעַשׁ","רְעִידוֹת","רַעַשׁ"]·HI["भूकंप","भूकंप।","भूकम्प"]·ID["gempa","gempa-bumi","gempa-bumi,","gempa-bumi."]·IT["terremoto"]·jav["lindhu","lindu"]·KO["지진","지진-이","지진과","지진들이","지진이"]·PT["terremoto","terremotos"]·RU["землетрясение","землетрясение,","землетрясение.","землетрясении,","землетрясения"]·ES["terremoto","terremotos"]·SW["katika","matetemeko","tetemeko","tetemeko,","tetemeko."]·TR["deprem","depremde","depremler"]·urd["زلزلہ","زلزلہ-کو","زلزلے"]
Matt 24:7, Matt 27:54, Matt 28:2, Mark 13:8, Luke 21:11, Acts 16:26, Rev 6:12, Rev 8:5, Rev 11:13, Rev 11:13, Rev 11:19, Rev 16:18 (+1 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
σεισμ-ός, ὁ, (σείω) shaking, shock, γῆς σ. earthquake, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 generally, shock, agitation, commotion, σ. τοῦ σώματος Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔξωθεν.. προσφέρειν τοῖς.. πάθεσι σεισμόν a shock, NT+2nd c.AD+ __3 blackmail, extortion, Refs 2nd c.BC+; συκοφάντεια καὶ σ. Refs 2nd c.BC+