noun · feminine
ekstasias
Strong’sG1611
bewilderment, amazement
stem ekstasi-7 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 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.
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.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1611 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidek'-stas-is
a displacement of the mind, i.e. bewilderment, "ecstasy"
Fromfrom G1839;
King James+ be amazed, amazement, astonishment, trance.
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
(ἐξίστημι) displacement, ἄρθρων Refs 5th c.BC+: hence, change, εἰς ἀντικείμενα Refsdegeneracy, Refs 4th c.BC+; opposed to στάσις, Refs 3rd c.AD+; movement outwards, ἔ. ἀπὸ τοῦ παράγοντος Refs 5th c.AD+ bis; ἔ. εἰς τὸ ἔξωRefs 3rd c.AD+; differentiation, ἔ. καὶ πιῆθος Refs 4th c.BC+
II standing aside, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.b = Latin cessio bonorum, Refs 3rd c.AD+; ἔ. χρημάτων Refs 3rd c.AD+; a tax on cessions, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.2 distraction of mind, from terror, astonishment, anger, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 entrancement, astonishment, NT
II.4 trance, NT; ecstasy, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.4.b drunken excitement, Refs 1st c.AD+
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 | ekstasias3×ἔκστασις | ekstasiais |
| object accusative | ekstasian | ekstasiain |
| direct address vocative | ekstasiar | ekstasiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | ekstasiau1×ἐκστάσεως | ekstasiaiu |
| to, for dative | ekstasia3×ἐκστάσει | ekstasiai |
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
ekstasia 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.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
ekstasias“trance”subjectnominative singular3×
Mark 16:8“astonishment”… mnēmeieu, echate gar autain tromos kai ekstasias; kai oudeno oudenem legala, fobole gar. …… left the tomb and ran away, trembling and bewildered. And in their fear they did not say a word to anyone.
Luke 5:26kai ekstasias labata hapantoin kai doxazale ton theon, …Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled …
Acts 10:10… paraskeuazarōntoiu de autoiu geneta epi auton ekstasias,… being prepared, he fell into a trance.
ekstasiau“amazement”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 3:10… teu hiereu, kai pimplēila thambeu kai ekstasiau epi te sumbainarēnte auto.… they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
ekstasia“trance”to, fordative singular3×
Mark 5:42“amazement”… gar eteiu dōdeka. kai ekstēala euthuos ekstasia mega.… she was twelve years old). And …
Acts 11:5… pola Ioppa proseuchorōntos kai horama en ekstasia horamem, katabainarōntem skevem tinem hōs othonan …… of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something …
Acts 22:17… en te hiere genera min en ekstasia… the temple, I fell into a trance