Stásis — G4714

Definition

feminine noun

a standing (properly, the act), i.e. (by analogy) position (existence); by implication, a popular uprising; figuratively, controversy

1. a standing, station, state
2. from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, an insurrection
3. strife, dissension (Aeschylus

Usually translated as

dissension, insurrection, standing, uproar

Origin

from the base of G2476

• hístēmi (G2476)

Occurrences

Stásis occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Mark (1), Luke (2), Acts (5), Hebrews (1)

• Mark 15:7 — And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection (στάσει).
• Luke 23:19 — (Who for a certain sedition (στάσιν) made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
• Luke 23:25 — And he released unto them him that for sedition (στάσιν) and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
• Acts 15:2 — When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension (στάσεως) and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
• Acts 19:40 — For we are in danger to be called in question for this day’s uproar (στάσεως), there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
• Acts 23:7 — And when he had so said, there arose a dissension (στάσις) between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
• Acts 23:10 — And when there arose a great dissension (στάσεως), the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
• Acts 24:5 — For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition (στάσιν) among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
• Hebrews 9:8 — The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing (στάσιν):