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Strong's G1611 · Greek

ἔκστασις

ekstasis · ek'-stas-is

from 1839; a displacement of the mind, i.e. bewilderment, "ecstasy"


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἔκ-στασις (G1611)

7 ἔκ-στασις , -εως, ἡ ( ἐξίστημι ) [in LXX: Ge 27:33 , I Ki 14:15 , Ez 26:16 , al. ( חֲרָדָה ); II Ch 14:14 17:10 20:29 ( פַּחַד ), al. ;] a displacement (Arist.). An abnormal condition of the mind, in which the subject passes out of his usual self-control (Hippocr.); in NT (Kennedy, Sources , 121 f.); a trance : Ac 10:10 11:5 22:17 ; amazement : Mk 5:42 16:8 , Lk 5:26 , Ac 3:10 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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