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Insurrection
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or akin to histemi, "to make to stand," denotes (a) primarily, "a standing or place," Hebrews 9:8; (b) "an insurrection, sedition," translated "insurrection" in Mark 15:7; "insurrections" in Acts 24:5 , RV (AV, "sedition"); in Luke 23:19,25 (AV "sedition"), "riot," Acts 19:40 , RV (AV, "uproar"); (c) "a dissension," Acts 15:2; in Acts 23:7,10 , "dissension." See DISSENSION.
denotes "a rebel, revolutionist, one who stirs up sedition" (from stasiazo, "to stir up sedition"), Mark 15:7 , "had made insurrection." Some mss. have sustasiastes, a fellow-rioter, a fellow-mover of sedition, AV, "had made insurrection with (him)."
signifies "to rise up against" (lit., "to cause to stand forth against," kata, "against," epi, "forth," histemi, "to cause to stand"), Acts 18:12 , AV, "made insurrection" (RV, "rose up against)."
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Insurrection'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/i/insurrection.html. 1940.
