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τᾰρᾰχή,

also τάρχη (Hsch.), ἡ,

disorder, physiological disturbance or upheaval, Sor. 1.105, 2.59; τοῦ πνεύματος Id. 1.46; ἡ ἀπὸ τῆς φλεβοτομίας τ. Id. 2.11; esp. of the bowels, τῆς κοιλίης Hp. Coac. 205; οὐδὲ θόρυβόν τινα ἢ τ. ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ ποιεῖ Gal. 6.825.

2. of the mind, αἱ φρενῶν ταραχαί Pi. O. 7.30; ἀνωμαλία καὶ τ. Isoc. 2.6; ἐν πολλῇ τ. καὶ φόβῳ ὄντας Th. 3.79; τ. παρέχειν Pl. Phd. 66d, cf. R. 602c; ἐν οἵαις ἦν τ. D. 18.218; πολλὴν ἔχει τ. Arist. Pol. 1268b4; τ. μειρακιώδους μεστός Isoc. 12.230; ταραχῆς γέμων Epicur. Sent. 17, cf. Phld. Ir. p.56 W.(pl.); διανοίας ἰσχυρὰ τ. Sor. 1.46; τὴν τ. τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ Thphr. Sens. 81.

3. of an army or fleet, Th. 3.77, etc.; ἐν τῇ τ. in the confusion, in the mêlée, Hdt. 3.126.

4. political confusion, tumult, and in pl. tumults, troubles, πολλὴ τ. περὶ τῶν τιμέων ἐγένετο Id. 4.162, cf. 6.5; ἐν τῇ τ. Id. 3.150; αἱ τ. γεγενημέναι ἦσαν Lys. 12.53; τ. ἐγγίγνεταί τισι Isaiah 4:5; τ. ποιεῖν τισι Th. 7.86; ἐς τ. καθιστάναι τινάς Id. 4.75, cf. Isoc. 6.107, etc.; εἰς τ. προκαθεῖναι τὴν πόλιν D. 14.5; ἐν τ. καθεστηκέναι Isoc. 12.233; ἐν ταραχαῖς εἶναι Id. 4.138; ταραχῆς τε καὶ ἀνομίας μεστὴν πολιτείαν Pl. Alc. 2.146b, cf. Isoc. 3.31; τ. καθίστατο τῶν ξυμμάχων πρὸς τὴν Λακεδαίμονα Th. 5.25, cf. D. 18.18; τ. ἐμπίπτει Aeschin. 3.81; τ. διαλύειν, κατασβεννύναι, Isoc. 4.134, X. Cyr. 5.3.55; of rebellions or civil wars in Egypt, OGI 90.20 (Rosetta), Wilcken Chr. 9.11, 167.14, Mitteis Chr. 31 v 29 (all ii B.C.): = Lat. tumultus, Plu. Caes. 33.

ταραχή, ταραχῆς, ἡ (παράσσω), from (Pindar), Herodotus down, disturbance, commotion: properly, τοῦ ὕδατος, John 5:4 (R L); metaphorically, a tumult, sedition: in plural Mark 13:8 R G.

ταραχή , -ῆς , ἡ ,

(< ταράσσω ),

[in LXX for H2470, H4103, etc.;]

trouble, disturbance: τ . ὕδατος , John 1:5 (4). In pl. (as in cl.), tumults: Mark 13:8, Rec.†