noun · feminine
akatastasias
Strong’sG181
disturbance, upheaval, revolution
stem akatastasi-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† ἀκαταστασία, -ας, ἡ (< ἀκατάστατος),
[in LXX: Pr 26:28 (מִדְחֶה), To 4:13*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G181 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidak-at-as-tah-see'-ah
instability, i.e. disorder
Fromfrom G182;
King Jamescommotion, confusion, tumult.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
instability, anarchy, confusion, NT+2nd c.BC+
II unsteadiness, τοῦ σώματοςRefs 3rd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | akatastasias1×ἀκαταστασία | akatastasiais1×ἀκαταστασίαι |
| object accusative | akatastasian | akatastasiain1×ἀκαταστασίας |
| direct address vocative | akatastasiar | akatastasiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | akatastasiau1×ἀκαταστασίας | akatastasiaiu |
| to, for dative | akatastasia | akatastasiai1×ἀκαταστασίαις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
akatastasia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
akatastasias“disorder”subjectnominative singular1×
James 3:16hopou gar zēlos kai eritheias, ekei akatastasias kai pantem faulem pragmem.… selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
akatastasiau“disorder”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Corinthians 14:33ouk gar atō akatastasiau tos theos alla eirēnau, hōs en …… God is not a God of disorder, but of peace— as in all …
akatastasiais“disorder”subjectnominative plural1×
2 Corinthians 12:20… zēlos, thumois, eritheiais, katalaliais, psithurismois, fusiōsiais, akatastasiais;… rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
akatastasiain“insurrections”objectaccusative plural1×
Luke 21:9“insurrections”hotan de akouaveia polemoin kai akatastasiain, mē ptoiveia; datō gar houteim genera …When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first …
akatastasiai“riots”to, fordative plural1×
2 Corinthians 6:5en plēgai, en fulakai, en akatastasiai, en kopoi, en agrupniai, en nēsteiai,in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;