συστροφ-ή G4963
disorderly gathering, conspiracy, seditious assembly
This noun originally meant a twisting together, but came to mean a tumultuous gathering or conspiracy. Acts 19:40 warns that the Ephesian riot risked charges of creating a disorderly gathering. Acts 23:12 describes a conspiracy of Jews who bound themselves with an oath to kill Paul. The term emphasizes the dangerous, secretive, or riotous nature of the assembly.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Denotes a tumultuous or seditious gathering, conspiracy, or riotous assembly, often with hostile or secretive intent. The cross-lingual renderings (Spanish 'conspiración/tumulto,' French 'complot') capture both the conspiratorial and riotous dimensions. Acts uses this for both the dangerous mob scene at Ephesus that threatened Roman order (19:40) and the murderous conspiracy of 40+ Jews who vowed to kill Paul (23:12), showing how corporate action can become destructive when twisted toward evil purposes. 2×
AR["التَّجَمُّعِ", "مُؤَامَرَةً"]·ben["জমায়েতের", "ষড়যন্ত্র"]·DE["συστροφὴν", "συστροφῆς"]·EN["a-conspiracy", "disorderly-gathering"]·FR["complot"]·heb["הִתְקַהֲלוּת", "קֶשֶׁר"]·HI["भीड़", "षड्यंत्र"]·ID["kerumunan", "persekongkolan,"]·IT["congiura"]·jav["kempalan", "komplotan,"]·KO["공모를", "모임에-대한"]·PT["reunião"]·RU["сборище", "сговор"]·ES["conspiración", "tumulto"]·SW["ghasia", "hila"]·TR["kalabalığın", "komplo"]·urd["سازش", "ہجوم"]
Related Senses
H4421 1. war, battle, armed conflict (319×)H0341 1. enemy, adversary, foe (284×)H3898a 1. Nifal: to fight, wage war (167×)H2026 1. kill, slay (active) (146×)H2451 1. wisdom, discernment (146×)H5483b 1. horse (the animal) (138×)H0006 1. to perish, be destroyed (105×)H7843 1. Hifil: destroy, annihilate (83×)H2491a 1. slain, fatally pierced (74×)H6862c 1. adversary, enemy, foe (69×)H8045 1. destroy, exterminate (69×)G0615 1. kill, put to death (60×)H6571b 1. horseman, cavalryman (52×)H8077a 1. desolation, waste (abstract state) (52×)G4678 1. of wisdom (51×)G4717 1. crucify, fasten to a cross (46×)H2763a 1. utterly destroy (Hifil active) (44×)G0622 1. perish, be destroyed (intransitive) (41×)H0006 2. to destroy, annihilate (Piel) (38×)H8074 1. be desolate, lie waste (36×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
συστροφ-ή, ἡ, twisting together, σ. χαύνην λαμβάνειν to be loosely twisted, of yarn, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 turning round, variant (cited in Refs 1st c.AD+ __3 condensation, density, Refs 4th c.BC+ __4 plural, dealings, converse between men, Refs 4th c.BC+ __5 metaphorically of style, terseness, concentration, Refs 4th c.BC+concisely, Refs __II that which is rolled into one mass: hence, __II.1…