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Strong's #4714 - στάσις

Transliteration

stásis

Phonetics

stas'-is

Origin

from the base of (G2476)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

7:568,1070

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a standing, station, state
an insurrection
strife, insurrection

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1916 ‑ הֲדֹם (had‑ome'); 4494 ‑ מָנוֹחַ (maw‑no'‑akh); 4581 ‑ מָעֻז (maw‑oze', maw‑ooz', maw‑oze', maw‑ooz'); 4674 ‑ מֻצָּב (moots‑tsawb'); 4971 ‑ מַתְכֻנֶת (math‑ko'‑neth, math‑koo'‑neth); 5975 ‑ עָמַד (aw‑mad'); 5982 ‑ עַמֻּד (am‑mood', am‑mood'); 7010 ‑ קְיָם (keh‑yawm'); 7378 ‑ רוּב (reeb, roob);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (9)

Mark 1

Luke 2

Acts 5

Hebrews 1

BSB (9)

Mark 1

Luke 2

Acts 5

Hebrews 1

CSB (9)

Mark 1

Luke 2

Acts 5

Hebrews 1

ESV (8)

Mark 1

Luke 2

Acts 5

KJV (9)

Mark 1

Luke 2

Acts 5

Hebrews 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (9)

Mark 1

Luke 2

Acts 6

Hebrews 1

WEB (9)

Mark 1

Luke 2

Acts 5

Hebrews 1

YLT (9)

Mark 1

Luke 2

Acts 5

Hebrews 1

ASV (9)

a dissension 1

dissension 2

insurrection 2

of insurrections 1

riot 1

standing 1

the insurrection 1

BSB (9)

a dispute 1

dissension 1

engaged 1

insurrection 3

standing 1

the dispute 1

with rioting 1

CSB (9)

agitator 1

argument 1

dispute 1

rebellion 2

rioting 1

standing 1

the dispute 1

the rebellion 1

ESV (8)

dissension 3

insurrection 3

rioting 1

riots 1

KJV (9)

dissension 3

insurrection 1

sedition 3

standing 1

uproar 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (9)

against 1

conflict 1

disagreed 1

government 1

insurrection 1

rioting 1

riots 1

uprising 1

use 1

WEB (9)

argument 1

discord 1

insurrection 1

of insurrections 1

revolt 1

riot 1

standing 1

the insurrection 1

YLT (9)

a dissension 2

a standing 1

dissension 2

insurrection 1

of insurrection 1

sedition 2

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

ANT

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

BEZ

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

BGB

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

BMT

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

BYZ

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

ELZ

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

NA26

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

SBL

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

SCV

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

STV

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

TIS

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

TRG

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

στάσις

[ ᾰ], εως, ἡ, ( ἵστημι )

placing, setting, (sc. δικτύων ) X. Cyn. 2.8, 9.16; τῶν κλιμάκων Plb. 5.60.7; erection of a statue, εἰκόνος IG 7.411.34 (Oropus, ii B.C. ); στήλης ib.22.654.59 (iii B.C.), 11(4).1023 (Delos, iii B.C. ).

2. standing stone, pillar, LXX Jd. 9.6 .

3. erection, building, PPetr. 3p.139 ( iii B.C., pl.); = ἐργαστήριον, Hsch.; so perh. in BGU 1122.18, 21 (i B.C.) .

II ( ἵστημι A. IV) weighing, αὕτη 'στὶ λοιπὴ σφῷν στάσις Ar. Ra. 1401; βολίμου SIG 241 A 28 (Delph., iv B.C. ); στάσις μισθοῦ the paying of the doctor's fee, Hp. Praec. 4; ἀπὸ τᾶν κοινᾶν ποθόδων . . ἐπιλυθῆμεν τοὺς ἐρρυτιασμένους στάσι IG 42(1).77.13 (Troezen, ii B.C. ). ( ἵσταμαι ) standing, stature, A. Eu. 36 (marg.M βάσιν ); standing still, stationariness, defined as ἀπόφασις τοῦ ἰέναι, Pl. Cra. 426d; opp. φορά, κίνησις, ib. 437a, 438c, Sph. 250a, 251d, Arist. Metaph. 1025b21, al.; rest, as a category of the intelligible, Plot. 6.2.8; opp. ἠρεμία, Id. 6.3.27; ὀμμάτων στάσιες fixed stare, Hp. Acut. ( Sp. ) 6; ς. ὤτων pricking of the ears, Poll. 5.61; ς. τῆς γαστρός constipation, Orib. inc. 13.6; [ τοῦ αἵματος ] sluggishness, Hp. Acut. ( Sp. ) 7; τοῦ ἀέρος,= νηνεμία, Thphr. Vent. 18, Gal. 9.908.

2. the place in which one stands or should stand, position, posture, station, ἔχοντες ς. ταύτην ἐς τὴν ἔστημεν Hdt. 9.21; λέβης . . φυλάσσων τὴν ὑπὲρ πυρὸς ς . A. Fr. 1; ἰδέσθαι . ., τίν' ἔχει ς . E. Fr. 308 (anap.), cf. Ar. Pl. 954; τὴν 'ινοῦς ς. ἑστάναι E. Ba. 925; τῆς αὐτῆς ἠξιοῦτο ς . D. 19.272; ς. ἵππων,= ἱππόστασις, σταθμός, stable, stall, E. Fr. 442; ὄνων ἵππων τε στάσεις Ephipp. 18; τῆς ς. παρασύρων . . τὰς δρῦς Ar. Eq. 527; κατὰ τὴν ς. δὴ στάντες standing each in his place, Antid. 2; of military formation, κατάπυκνος ς . close order, Ascl. Tact. 5.1; row, ἀμπέλων Tab.Heracl. 2.77, al., cf. BGU 1122.18, 21 ( i B.C., unless in signf. A. 1.3). position in relation to the compass, ἡ ς. ἤλλακτο τῶν ὡρέων Hdt. 2.26; ἡ ς. τοῦ νότου καὶ τῆς μεσαμβρίης ibid.; setting of a wind from a quarter, τῶν ἐτησίων ἤδη στάσιν ἐχόντων having set in, Plb. 5.5.3; γίνεταί τις ἀνέμου ς . Id. 1.48.2, cf. Arist. Mete. 362b33, Thphr. Sign. 35 (pl.); v. infr. 111.4 . of planetary connexion, Vett.Val. 38.17 . metaph., from a boxer's position, ὥσπερ . . ὁρᾶτε τοὺς πύκτας περὶ τῆς ς. ἀλλήλοις διαγωνιζομένους, οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς . . ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως περὶ τῆς ς. ( τάξεως codd., but cf. Quint. Inst. 3.6.3) αὐτῷ μάχεσθε Aeschin. 3.206: hence, position taken up by a litigant (esp. defendant), Cic. Top. 25.93; ἐπ' ἀδίκου ς. ἱστάμενος PRein. 18.16 (ii B.C.); issue, ς. ὁρική, νομική, λογική, etc., Hermog. Stat. 2, cf. Syrian. in Hermog. 2.55 R. position, opinion of a philosopher, Plu. Cic. 4, S.E. P. 2.48, 3.33, 37, al., Marcellin. Puls. 234 .

3. position, state, condition of a person, ἐν τῇ καλλίονι στάσει εἶναι Pl. Phdr. 253d; esp. of moral, social, political position, μειρακιώδης Plb. 10.33.6; ἰδιώτου Epict. Ench. 48; φιλοσόφου Arr. Epict. 3.15.13; ς. ἔχειν ἐν τῷ βίῳ ib. 1.21.1; state of affairs, Ostr. 1151.3 (iii A.D.); ἡ ς. τῆς νόσου Hp. Dieb.Judic. 10, cf. Mochl. 21 (pl.).

4. στάσις μελῶν, expld. by Sch. as = στάσιμον (q.v.), Ar. Ra. 1281 .

II party, company, band, A. Ag. 1117 (lyr.), Ch. 114, 458 (lyr.), Eu. 311 (anap.).

III esp. party formed for seditious purposes, faction, Thgn. 51, Hdt. 1.59, 60; ἐπεκράτησε τῇ στάσι ib. 173; αἱ τῶν Μεγαρέων ς . Th. 4.71 .

2. faction, sedition, discord, Thgn. 781, Sol. 4.19, Democr. 245, Th. 2.65; οἴκων Pi. N. 9.13, al., cf. Hdt. 5.28, al.; ς. ἀντιάνειρα Pi. O. 12.16; σκεπτομένων πόθεν ἡ ς . how the row began, Batr. 135; στάσις ἐν ἀλλήλοισιν ὠροθύνετο a contest, A. Pr. 202; ὅστις . . στάσιν ποιέοι περὶ γαδαισίας Berl.Sitzb. 1927.8 ( Locr., v B.C. ); εἰς λόγου στάσιν ἐπελθών S. Tr. 1180; ς. γλώσσης Id. OT 634; στάσει νοσοῦσα πόλις E. HF 34; τὰς ς. ἐποιοῦντο πρὸς ἀλλήλους Isoc. 4.79; στάσεις παύω X. Mem. 4.6.14; καταλύειν Ar. Ra. 359; πόλιν εἰς στάσιν ἐμβάλλειν X. Mem. 4.4.11; τὴν πόλιν εἰς στάσεις κατέστησαν Lys. 25.26; κατὰ στάσιν ἀποκτείνειν Id. 30.13; opp. πόλεμος, Pl. R. 470b, cf. Phd. 66c, Sol. l.c.; στάσεις καὶ διαστάσεις Arist. Pol. 1296a8 .

3. division, dissent, στάσιν ἐνέσεσθαι τῇ γνώμῃ Th. 2.20; οὐδ' ἔνι ς . there's no disputing it, A. Pers. 738 (troch.).

4. metaph., τὰν ἀνέμων ς . Alc. 18 (unless in signf. B. 1.2b ); ἀνέμων πνεύματα . . στάσιν ἀντίπνουν ἀποδεικνύμενα A. Pr. 1087 (anap.); ς. κυμάτων Ach. Tat. 3.2 . στάσεις,= τὰ πεφυκότα σπέρματα, Ar. Fr. 859 . statute, decree, LXX Daniel 6:7(8), 1 Maccabees 7:18 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

στάσις, στάσεως, ἡ (ἵστημι);

1. a standing, station, state: ἔχειν στάσιν, to stand, exist, have stability, Latinlocum habere (R. V. is get standing), Hebrews 9:8 (Polybius 5, 5, 3).

2. from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, an insurrection (cf. German Aufstand): Mark 15:7; Luke 23:19, 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, 10.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

στάσσ , -εως , ἡ

(< ἵστημι ),

[in LXX chiefly for H5975, its parts and derivatives, also for H7378 (Pr 1714), etc. (v. Deiss., BS, 158 f.);]

1. a standing, place, status: σ . ἔχειν (Polyb., v, 5, 3; and cf. Lat. locum habere), Hebrews 9:8.

2. insurrection, sedition: Mark 15:7, Luke 23:19; Luke 23:25, Acts 19:40; Acts 24:5.

3. In poets and late prose, strife, dissension (cf. MM, xxiii) Acts 15:2; Acts 23:7; Acts 23:10.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For συνλαλέω, ";talk together with,"; c. dat. pers., as in Mark 9:4 al., cf. P Hib I. 66.4 (B.C. 228) συνλαλήσω σοι, ";I will have a conversation with you,"; P Eleph 29.5 (iii/B.C.) περὶ ὧν σοι συνελάλησα σοι (sic) ἐ ̣χ ̣θ ̣ές, and CPR I. 18.23 (A.D. 124) Βλαίσιος. . . συλλαλήσας Ἀρτε [μι ]δ [ώρῳ τ ]ῷ νομ [ι ]κῷ [π ]ε [ρὶ το ]ῦ πράγματος. See also from the inscrr. OGIS 229.23 (mid. iii/B.C.) συνλελαλήκασιν ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων ἀκολ [ού ]θως τοῖς ἐν τῇ ὁμολογίαι γεγραμμένοις.

List of Word Forms

στασει στάσει στασεις στάσεις στασεως στάσεως στάσεώς στασιν στάσιν στασις στάσις stasei stásei staseis stáseis staseos staseōs stáseos stáseōs stasin stásin stasis stásis