Lexical Definition

‎κινέω‎ kinéō (kin-eh'-o) to move ^G:V
from (poetic for , to go)

(re-)move(-r), way.

• to stir (transitively), literally or figuratively

Abbott-Smith

κινέω, -ῶ, [in LXX for נוּעַ hi., רמשׂ, etc.;]
1. to set in motion, move: Mt 23:4; τ. κεφαλήν (Ps 21 (22):8, al.), Mt 27:39, Mk 15:29; pass. (cf. Ge 7:21), Ac 17:28.
2. to remove: Re 2:5 6:14.
3. to excite, stir up: Ac 24:5; pass., 21:30 (cf. μετα-, συν-κινέω).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

κινέω,

aorist ἐκίνησα, Epic dialect κίνησα [Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle and passive, future κινήσομαι (in passive sense) [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: aorist middle (Epic dialect) κινήσαντο [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: aorist passive ἐκινήθην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐκίνηθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—set in motion, ἄγε κινήσας, of Hermes leading the souls, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; simply, move, οὐδέ τι κινῆσαι μελέων ἦν [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; σκληρὰ ἡ γῆ ἔσται κινεῖν, i.e. plough, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. δόρυ, of a warrior about to attack, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. σκάφην rock a cradle, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

__b in later Gr., set in motion a process of law, etc., [Refs]
__2 remove a thing from its place, ἀνδριάντα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τι τῶν ἀκινήτων meddle with things sacred, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὰ χρήματα ἐς ἄλλο τι apply them to an alien purpose, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; change, innovate, νόμαια [Refs 7th c.BC+]:—passive, νόμιμα κινούμενα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so absolutely in active, change treatment, [Refs]
__3 Grammars, inflect, τὰ ῥήματα ἐκίνει τὸ τέλος [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —more usually in passive, κατὰ τὸ τέλος κινεῖσθαι[Refs]
__4 alter a manuscript reading, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II disturb, of a wasps' nest, τοὺς δ᾽ εἴ πέρ τις.. κινήσῃ ἀέκων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; arouse, κ. τινὰ ἐξ ὕπνου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; urge on, φόβος κ. τινά [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φυγάδα πρόδρομον κινήσασα having driven him in headlong flight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἐπιρρόθοις κακοῖσιν attack, assail,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τινά incite or stir one up to speak, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὰ πολλὰ καὶ ἄτοπα stir up.. questions, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; call in question an assumption, τὰ μέγιστα κ. τῶν μαθηματικῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κινεῖται γὰρ εὐθύς μοι χολή my bile is stirred, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 set going, cause, call forth, φθέγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+] K.; πόλεμον, πολέμους, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 in Medicine texts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 obscene meaning, κ. γυναῖκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὰ σκέλεα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.5 phrases: κ. πᾶν χρῆμα turn every stone, try every way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ κ. εὖ κείμενον 'let sleeping dogs lie', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ κίνει Καμάριναν, ἀκίνητος γὰρ ἀμείνων Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.AD+]; κινεῦντα μηδὲ κάρφος 'not stirring a finger', [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κ. τὸν ἀπ᾽ ἴρας πύματον λίθον 'play the last card', [Refs 7th c.BC+]
__II.6 in Law, πολιτικῶς κ. κατά τινος employ civil action against, [Refs]
__B passive, to be put in motion, go, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; <κι>νηθεὶς ἐπῄει uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, to be moved, stir, κινήθη ἀγορή, ἐκίνηθεν φάλαγγες, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an earthquake, Δῆλος ἐκινήθη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί κεκίνητα; what motion is this? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κινεῖσθαι, opposed to ἑστάναι, motion, opposed to rest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ χορδαὶ ἐν λύρᾳ συμπαθῶς κινηθεῖσαι vibrating in unison, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__B.2 of persons, to be moved, stirred, ὁ κεκινημένος one who is agitated, excited, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.3 of dancing, κ. τῷ σώματι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.4 move forward, of soldiers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but κ. ἐκ τῆς τάξεως leave the ranks, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.5 to be disturbed or in rebellion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.6 κεκινημένος περί τι, Latin versatus in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Gen.20.1}