thorybos · uproar

What it means

thorybos (θόρυβος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “uproar”.

Commotion.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Loud noise and disorder of a crowd; the noise of mourners.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• uproar ×6
• commotion ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×2
• Acts×3

• Matthew 26:5

  But they were saying, “Not during the feast, so that there may not be an uproar among the people.”

• Matthew 27:24

  When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this blood; you will see to it.”

• Mark 5:38

  And they come to the house of the synagogue leader, and he sees a commotion, and people weeping and wailing loudly.

• Mark 14:2

  for they were saying, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.”

• Acts 20:1

  And after the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and having encouraged them and said farewell, he departed to go to Macedonia.

• Acts 21:34

  But some in the crowd were shouting one thing and some another; and as he could not learn the certainty because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

• Acts 24:18

  in which they found me purified in the temple, not with a crowd nor with uproar.