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επετιμησεν / epitimao / Strong's 2008 / Rebuke

Used 30 times in the NT.

Mt 8:26 And He said to them, "Why are you timid, you men of little faith?" Then He arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and it became perfectly calm.
Mt 12:16 and warned them not to make Him known,
Mt 16:20 Then He warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ.
Mt 16:22 And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, "God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You."
Mt 17:18 And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured at once.
Mt 19:13 Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
Mt 20:31 And the multitude sternly told them to be quiet; but they cried out all the more, saying, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"
Mr 1:25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!"
Mr 3:12 And He earnestly warned them not to make Him known.
Mr 4:39 And being aroused, He rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Hush, be still." And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm.
Mr 8:30 And He warned them to tell no one about Him.
Mr 8:32 And He was stating the matter plainly. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.
Mr 8:33 But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind Me, Satan; for you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but man's."
Mr 9:25 And when Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and do not enter him again."
Mr 10:13 And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; and the disciples rebuked them.
Mr 10:48 And many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"
Lu 4:35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet and come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him without doing him any harm.
Lu 4:39 And standing over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she immediately arose and waited on them.
Lu 4:41 And demons also were coming out of many, crying out and saying, "You are the Son of God!" And rebuking them, He would not allow them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ.
Lu 8:24 And they came to Him and woke Him up, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" And being aroused, He rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm.
Lu 9:21 But He warned them, and instructed them not to tell this to anyone,
Lu 9:42 And while he was still approaching, the demon dashed him to the ground, and threw him into a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
Lu 9:55 But He turned and rebuked them, [and said, "You do not know what kind of spirit you are of;
Lu 17:3 "Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
Lu 18:15 And they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He might touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them.
Lu 18:39 And those who led the way were sternly telling him to be quiet; but he kept crying out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"
Lu 19:39 And some of the Pharisees in the multitude said to Him, "Teacher, rebuke Your disciples."
Lu 23:40 But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
2Ti 4:2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.
Jude 1:9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you."

υπακουουσιν / hupakouo / 5219 / "obey" is similar.

On a few different objects:
- mostly humans
- a few demons/evil spirits
- a fever or two
- weather-related inanimate objects such as wind air particles and waves/water

Rebuking a non-sapient object seems futile.

Did the authors actually think the wind and the waves had sapience and could obey or disobey?

Toto

I suspect they did. It was part of the times. Besides, the pagan gods were always controlling the elements, so Christians could do no less. If they thought about it, they might reformulate things so that calling on god controlled the waves, and they were calling on god, not the spirits in the waves.

Have you read Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World (or via: amazon.co.uk) recently? Our ancestors lived in a demon-haunted world, and some people still do.

OneInFundieville

I was just interested in the pantheistic or polytheistic implications.

Haven't read that Sagan book (yet) but I've always found this story from Mt 14 most interest...

I find that presupposition as well as quick-fire transition amazing.