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GreekG4714Noun (Feminine)

στάσις

stasis

9Occurrences
G4714Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

from the base of G2476 (ἵστημι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.a standing, place, status
2.insurrection, sedition
3.In poets and late prose, strife, dissension .
LXX: chiefly for עָמַד, its parts and derivatives, also for רִיב , etc. (see Deiss., BS, 158 f.)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

στάσις appears 9 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
5
Luke
2
Hebrews
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

Acts 15:2BSB

And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.

Acts 19:40BSB

For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”

Acts 23:7BSB

As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

Acts 23:10BSB

The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.

Acts 24:5BSB

We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.