ἀκαταστασία
akatastasía · G181 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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to rebel against, to revolt, to engage in insurrection, rebellion
To rise up in open defiance of authority, with the presumed intention to overthrow it or to act in complete opposition to its demands
ExamplesLuke 21:9 “And when you hear of wars and revolts, do not be alarmed; for these things must take place first, but the end will not follow immediately.”
2 Corinthians 12:20 For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish, and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, selfishness, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;
James 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.
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riot, being mobbed
Violent opposition to someone or something, involving mob action
ExamplesLuke 21:9 “And when you hear of wars and revolts, do not be alarmed; for these things must take place first, but the end will not follow immediately.”
1 Corinthians 14:33 for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
2 Corinthians 6:5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in mob attacks, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger,
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀκούωto hear 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐκεῖthere 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- θεόςGod 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ταραχή tarachḗ · G5016 · disturbance, i.e. roiling, or sedition
- Both denote disturbance and disorder; ταραχή emphasizes agitation or stirring up trouble, while ἀκαταστασία emphasizes instability and lack of settled order
- θόρυβος thórybos · G2351 · clamor, noise, riot
- Both refer to disturbance and disorder; θόρυβος often denotes noisy uproar or commotion, while ἀκαταστασία emphasizes the state of instability and disorder itself
In the other Testament 3 words
- מְהוּמָה mᵉhûwmâh · H4103 · consternation
- Standard Hebrew translation-equivalent for ἀκαταστασία; both denote disorder, tumult, and confusion as a state of upheaval
- מְבוּכָה mᵉbûwkâh · H3998 · confusion
- Hebrew term for confusion and disorder, semantically overlapping with ἀκαταστασία's sense of instability and lack of order
- הָמוֹן hâmôwn · H1995 · noise, uproar, tumult
- Hebrew word that can denote tumult and confusion (as in disorder), sharing the semantic field of chaotic disturbance
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To rebel against, to revolt, to engage in insurrection, rebellion39.34
- In Luke 21:9, Jesus tells His disciples, “when you hear of wars and revolts (akatastasías), do not be alarmed,” where the word names political insurrection and rebellion.
- Riot, being mobbed39.36
- In 2 Corinthians 6:5, Paul lists his sufferings “in beatings, in imprisonments, in mob attacks (akatastasíais),” where the word describes the disorderly violence of a riot directed against him.
Word family 58 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (ας, ἡ (ἀκατάστατος), instability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion: 1 Cor…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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