στάσις
stásis · G4714 · Greek · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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insurrection, rebellion
Act of rising up in open defiance of authority, with the presumed intention to overthrow it or to act in complete opposition to its demands
ExamplesMark 15:7 And the one named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder in the revolt.
Luke 23:19 (He was one who had been thrown into prison for a revolt that took place in the city, and for murder.)
Luke 23:25 And he released the man for whom they were asking, who had been thrown into prison for a revolt and murder; but he handed Jesus over to their will.
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to quarrel, heated quarrel
To engage in intense and emotional expressions of different opinions
ExamplesActs 23:7 When he said this, a dissension occurred between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
Acts 23:10 And when a great dissension occurred, the commander was afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, and he ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.
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existence, to be in existence
The state of existence, with the implication of being in a place or position
ExamplesHebrews 9:8 The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed while the outer tabernacle is still standing,
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- Σαδδουκαῖοςa Sadducæan 1
- ΦαρισαῖοςPharisee 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
3 occurrences in 4 groups
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 1
- οὐnot 1
- πολύςmany 1
- τὶςsomeone 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 3
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἔχωto have 1
- κινέωto move 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- διάthrough 4
- ἐνin 2
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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Semantic domains 3 entries
- Existence, to be in existence13.72
- The noun, in its most basic sense, denotes standing or existence. The writer to the Hebrews reasons that “the Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed while the outer tabernacle is still standing” (Hebrews 9:8).
- To quarrel, heated quarrel33.448
- The same noun also names a sharp dispute between parties. Luke reports that when Paul spoke before the Sanhedrin, “a dissension occurred between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided” (Acts 23:7).
- To rebel against, to revolt, to engage in insurrection, rebellion39.34
- The same noun also names an organized uprising against authority. Mark identifies Barabbas as one “who had been imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder in the revolt” (Mark 15:7).
Word family 59 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Also from the root ἵστημι
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon στάσεως, ἡ (ἵστημι); 1. a standing, station, state: ἔχειν στάσιν, to stand, exist, have…
1. a standing, station, state: ἔχειν στάσιν, to stand, exist, have stability, Latinlocum habere (R. V. is get standing), Heb 9:8 (Polybius 5, 5, 3).
2. from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, an insurrection (cf. German Aufstand): Mk 15:7; Lk 23:19, Lk 23:25; Acts 19:40 (see σήμερον, under the end); κινεῖν στάσιν (L T Tr WH στάσεις) τίνι (a mover of insurrections among i. e.) against (cf. Winer's Grammar, 208 (196)) one, Acts 24:5.
3. strife, dissension (Aeschylus Pers. 738; (Diogenes Laërtius 3, 51): Acts 15:2; Acts 23:7, Acts 23:10.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
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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