Stasis στάσις

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Stasis
στάσις
Transliterationstasis
Strong's numberG4714
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossuprising
Occurrences9 in 9 verses
Most frequent inActs (5)

Stasis (Greek στάσις, Strong's G4714) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “uprising”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

στάσις, -εως, ἡ
(ἵστημι), [in LXX chiefly for עָמַד, its parts and derivatives, also for רִיב (Pr 1714), etc. (see Deiss., BS, 158 f.) ;]
1. a standing, place, status: σ. ἔχειν (Polyb., v, 5, 3; and cf. Lat. locum habere), Heb.9:8.
2. insurrection, sedition: Mrk.15:7, Luk.23:19, 25, Act.19:40 24:5.
3. In poets and late prose, strife, dissension (cf. MM, xxiii) Act.15:2 23:7, 10.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVsedition (3), dissension (3), insurrection (1), uproar (1), standing (1)
BSBinsurrection (3), dispute (2), engaging (1), rioting (1), dissension (1), standing (1)

Verses

Every verse with Stasis, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Mark

Luke

Acts

Hebrews

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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