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Strong's G4714 · Greek

στάσις

stasis · stas'-is

from the base of 2476; a standing (properly, the act), i.e. (by analogy) position (existence); by implication, a popular uprising; figuratively, controversy


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

στάσις (G4714)

9 στάσις , -εως, ἡ ( ἵστημι ), [in LXX chiefly for עמד , its parts and derivatives, also for רִיב ( Pr 17:14 ), etc. (v. Deiss., BS , 158 f.) ;] a standing, place, status : σ. ἔχειν (Polyb., v, 5, 3; and cf. Lat. locum habere ), He 9:8 . insurrection, sedition : Mk 15:7 , Lk 23:19 , 25 , Ac 19:40 24:5 . In poets and late prose, strife, dissension (cf. MM, xxiii) Ac 15:2 23:7 , 10 .†

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

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