"to be in danger or peril, Lk. 8:23; Acts 19:27, 40; 1 Cor. 15:30*"
Definition and meaning
to be in danger or peril, Lk. 8:23; Acts 19:27, 40; 1 Cor. 15:30*
In the original Greek the word is written: κινδυνεύω
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of kindyneuo (G2793) across the King James Bible.
But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
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Common questions
Strong's G2793 (kindyneuo) is a Greek word that means: to be in danger or peril, Lk. 8:23; Acts 19:27, 40; 1 Cor. 15:30* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word kindyneuo (G2793) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2793 is kindyneuo, a Greek word defined as: to be in danger or peril, Lk. 8:23; Acts 19:27, 40; 1 Cor. 15:30*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
kindyneuo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.