Lexical Definition

‎ταράσσω‎ tarássō (tar-as'-so) to trouble ^G:V
of uncertain affinity

trouble.

• to stir or agitate (roil water)

Abbott-Smith

ταράσσω [in LXX for בָּהַל, רָגַז, etc., forty-six words in all ;]
to disturb, trouble, stir up: primarily in physical sense (Hom., Eur.): τ. ὕδωρ, Jo 1:5 [4], 7. Metaph., of the mind (Æsch., Plat., al.), to trouble, disquiet, perplex: Ac 15:24, Ga 1:7 5:10; ἑαυτόν (troubled himself; Westc., in l.), Jo 11:33; of a crowd, to stir up, Ac 17:8, 13; pass., Mt 2:3 14:26, Mk 6:50, Lk 1:12 24:38, Jo 12:27 (Ps 5 (6):4*) Ps 14:1*, 27, I Pe 3:14 (LXX); τ. πνεύματι, Jo 13:21 (cf. δια-, ἐκ-ταράσσω)

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ταράσσω,

[Refs 5th c.BC+]; Attic dialect ταράττω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also θράσσω (which see): future ταράξω [Refs]aorist ἐτάραξα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: pluperfect συν-ετεταράχει [Refs 2nd c.AD+]perfect in passive sense τέτρηχα (see. below [Refs]:—passive, future ταραχθήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; middle ταράξομαι in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐταράχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect τετάραγμαι[Refs], etc.:—stir, trouble, in a physical sense, σύναγεν νεφέλας ἐτάραξε δὲ πόντον [Ποσειδῶν] [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐ χθόνα ταράσσοντες troubling not the earth (by ploughing), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. φάρμακον perhaps mix, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to wag the tongue, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάντα τ., of a speaker, jumble up, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 trouble the mind, agitate, disturb, με δεινὸς ὀρθομαντείας πόνος στροβεῖ ταράσσων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δεινὰ (adverbial) τ. [με] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of fear, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄν τις φόβος τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, cause confusion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄμμα σὸν τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 of an army, etc., throw into disorder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be in disorder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3.b metaphorically, rout or upset, κριτήριον τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, λόγου ταραχθέντος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 τ. τὴν γαστέρα cause relaxation of the bowels, of purges, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐταράχθης τὴν γαστέρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 frequently of political agitation, τ. τὴν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be in a state of disorder or anarchy, ἐν ἀλλήλοις τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 ταράττεσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων to be shaken in one's seat on horseback, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__7 in Mathematics texts, τεταραγμένη ἀναλογία disturbed proportion, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II stir up, metaphorically, τ. νεῖκος, πόλεμον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, πόλεμος ἐταράχθη [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III except in the places mentioned, [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect τέτρηχα, to be in disorder or confusion, be in an uproar, τετρήχει δ᾽ ἀγορή [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ἐκ σέθεν.. ἄλγεα.. τετρήχασι cruel woes arise, [Refs 4th c.BC+] = to be rough (compare τραχύς).) (ταράχψω from ταραχ-ή, τάραχ-ος and these from *θᾰρᾰχ-: cognate with θράσσω from θρᾱχ-yω of which the Ionic dialect perfect is τέτρηχα.)