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Strong's G4578 σεισμός (seismos)

Seismos means “earthquake” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4578 — meeh (“belly”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4578
Language Greek
Linked Usages 26
Books 13

Strong's G4578 Quick Answer

Strong's G4578 σεισμός (seismos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. seismos (sice-mos') n. 1. a commotion 2. (of the air) a gale It has 26 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include earthquake and tempest. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
seismos (sice-mos') n. 1. a commotion 2. (of the air) a gale
Usage
26 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
earthquake and tempest

Meaning and Definition

seismos (sice-mos') n. 1. a commotion 2. (of the air) a gale 3. (of the ground) an earthquake [from G4579] KJV: earthquake, tempest Root(s): G4579

Original Word
σεισμός
Transliteration
seismos
Derivation
Root: σείω R1: 4579
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4578. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

earthquake

Usage: σεισμός, -οῦ, ὁ (σείω), [in LXX chiefly for רַעַשׁ ;] a shaking, commotion, as a tempest at sea: Mat.8:24; esp. an earthquake: Mat.24:7 27:54 28:2, Mrk.13:8, Luk.21:11, Act.16:26, Rev.6:12 8:5 11:13, 19 16:18.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4578 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render seismos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

earthquake Matthew 27:54 tempest Matthew 8:24

How Strong's G4578 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 13 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4578 (σεισμός) appears 14 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4578 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4578 in the New Testament

12 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 8:24 KJV

And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

Matthew 24:7 KJV

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

Matthew 27:54 KJV

Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

Strong's G4578 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

13 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Job 41:21 Septuagint / Brenton

Mauls are counted as stubble; And he laughs to scorn the waving of the firebrand.

Isaiah 15:5 Septuagint / Brenton

The heart of the region of Moab cries within her to Zoar; for it is as a heifer of three years old: and on the ascent of Eglath they shall go up to thee weeping by the way of Horonaim: she cries, Destruction, and trembling.

Isaiah 29:6 Septuagint / Brenton

from the Lord of hosts: for there shall be a visitation with thunder, and earthquake, and a loud noise, a rushing tempest, and devouring flame of fire.

Strong's G4578 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

4 Maccabees 17:3 Septuagint / Brenton

For thou, as a house bravely built upon the pillar of thy children, didst bear without swaying, the shock of tortures.

Usage Excerpts

First 26 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4578.

Job 41:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Mauls are counted as stubble; And he laughs to scorn the waving of the firebrand.
Isaiah 15:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The heart of the region of Moab cries within her to Zoar; for it is as a heifer of three years old: and on the ascent of Eglath they shall go up to thee weeping by the way of Horonaim: she cries, Destruction, and trembling.
Isaiah 29:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
from the Lord of hosts: for there shall be a visitation with thunder, and earthquake, and a loud noise, a rushing tempest, and devouring flame of fire.
Jeremiah 10:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
Jeremiah 23:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, there is an earthquake from the Lord, and anger proceeds to a convulsion, it shall come violently upon the ungodly.
Jeremiah 29:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
at the sound of his rushing, at the sound of his hoofs, and at the rattling of his chariots, at the noise of his wheels: the fathers turned not to their children because of the weakness of their hands,
Ezekiel 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the Spirit took me up, and I heard behind me the voice as of a great earthquake, saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place.
Ezekiel 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I perceived the sound of the wings of the living creatures clapping one to the other, and the sound of the wheels was near them, and the sound of the earthquake.
Ezekiel 37:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I prophesied as the Lord commanded me: and it came to pass while I was prophesying, that, behold, there was a shaking, and the bones approached each one to his joint.
Ezekiel 38:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that my wrath and my jealousy shall arise, I have spoken in the fire of mine anger, verily in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
Amos 1:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The words of Amos which came to him in Accarim out of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Nahum 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The noise of whips, and the noise of the rumbling of wheels, and of the pursuing horse, and of the bounding chariot,
Zechariah 14:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the valley of my mountains shall be closed up, and the valley of the mountains shall be joined on to Azal, and shall be blocked up as it was blocked up in the days of the earthquake, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with him.
Matthew 8:24 New Testament, KJV
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
Matthew 24:7 New Testament, KJV
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Matthew 27:54 New Testament, KJV
Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
Matthew 28:2 New Testament, KJV
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Mark 13:8 New Testament, KJV
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Luke 21:11 New Testament, KJV
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Acts 16:26 New Testament, KJV
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
Revelation 6:12 New Testament, KJV
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
Revelation 8:5 New Testament, KJV
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
Revelation 11:13 New Testament, KJV
And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Revelation 11:19 New Testament, KJV
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Revelation 16:18 New Testament, KJV
And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
4 Maccabees 17:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For thou, as a house bravely built upon the pillar of thy children, didst bear without swaying, the shock of tortures.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4578, grouped by book.

Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 4 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 5 usages, New Testament
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4578 FAQ

What does seismos (σεισμός) mean?

Seismos (Strong's G4578) is a Greek word most simply glossed "earthquake". seismos (sice-mos') n. 1. a commotion 2. (of the air) a gale

How many times is seismos (σεισμός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 26 linked usages for Strong's G4578 across 13 books.

Where can I study seismos (σεισμός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4578 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate seismos (σεισμός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as earthquake and tempest. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4578 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 13 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4578, with linked reader references where each row is available.