a reed driven to and fro by the wind

σαλεύω fut. 3 sg. σαλεύσει Wsd 4:19; 1 aor. ἐσάλευσα. Pass.: 1 fut. σαλευθήσομαι Wsd 4:19; 1 aor. ἐσαλεύθην; pf. 3 sg. σεσάλευται Ps 93:18; ptc. σεσαλευμένος (σάλος; Aeschyl., Pla., X.+; OGI 515, 47; pap, LXX; En 101:4; TestSol; TestLevi 3:9; GrBar 6:13; Philo; Jos., Bell. 2, 636, Ant. 8, 136 al.; SibOr 3, 675) prim. ‘shake’; in our lit. only trans.

① to cause to move to and fro, shake, cause to waver/totter pass. be shaken, be made to waver/totter (Diod S 12, 47, 2 τ. τείχη) οἰκίαν shake a house (a flood: Sb 8267, 8 [5 B.C.]) Lk 6:48. τὴν γῆν Hb 12:26—Pass. (Hippol., Ref. 1, 8, 12) κάλαμος ὑπὸ ἀνέμου σαλευόμενος a reed driven to and fro by the wind (Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 28 §120 [pass. in act. sense of a swaying reed]; s. Is 7:2; Jos., Ant. 4, 51 ἐξ ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον κῦμα) Mt 11:7; Lk 7:24. Cp. Rv 6:13 v.l. Of a house ἐσαλεύθη ὁ τόπος the place shook, lit. was shaken (cp. Ps 17:8; GrBar 6:13) Ac 4:31 (cp. Lucian, Necyom. 10 ἅπαντα ἐκεῖνα ἐσαλεύετο.—σαλεύεσθαι as a sign of divine presence TestLevi 3:9; Jos., Ant. 7, 76f). Of foundations shaking in an earthquake (cp. Ps 81:5) 16:26. αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν σαλευθήσονται the armies of heaven will be shaken Mt 24:29; Lk 21:26; cp. Mk 13:25 (PJoüon, RSR 29, ’39, 114f). Also of the heavens moving in orderly fashion at God’s command, prob. in ref. to the variety of motions exhibited in the heavens οἱ οὐρανοὶ σαλευόμενοι 1 Cl 20:1 (s. HHellfritz, VigChr 22, ’68, 1–7).—μέτρον σεσαλευμένον a measure that is shaken together Lk 6:38.—In imagery: τὰ σαλευόμενα that which is or can be shaken Hb 12:27a forms a contrast (cp. Philo, Leg. All. 38) to τὰ μὴ σαλευόμενα that which is not (and cannot be) shaken vs. 27b; the former is the heaven and earth of the world as it now exists (vs. 26), the latter the coming Kingdom (vs. 28).

② to disturb inwardly, disturb, shake, fig. ext. of 1 (Appian, Iber. 102 §442 of wavering in loyalty; PsSol 8:33; 15:4) ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῶ that I may not be shaken or disturbed Ac 2:25 (Ps 15:8); σαλευθῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ νοός (Theodor. Prodr. 4, 319 H. τὸν νοῦν σαλευθείς) 2 Th 2:2. Incite perh. to the point of riot Ac 17:13.—B. 675. DELG s.v. σάλος. M-M. TW.