noun · feminine

epistasias

Greekἐπίστασις (epistasis)

Strong’sG1999

pressure; a gathering

stem epistasi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

pressure1×stirring up1×

What it means

** ἐπί-στασις, -εως, ἡ

(< ἐφίστημι), [in LXX: II Mac 6:3 *;]

1. a stopping, halting (as of soldiers): ὄχλου, collecting a crowd (v. Rack-ham, Acts, l.c.): Ac 24:12 (WH, Rec. ἐπισύστασις).

2. superintendence, attention (but v. Thayer, s.v.; Field, Notes, 185 f.): II Co 11:28 (WH, Rec. ut supr.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1999 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-soo'-stas-is

a conspiracy, i.e. concourse (riotous or friendly)

Fromfrom the middle voice of a compound of G1909 and G4921;

King Jamesthat which cometh upon, + raising up.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	epistasias1×ἐπίστασίς	epistasiais
object accusative	epistasian1×ἐπίστασιν	epistasiain
direct address vocative	epistasiar	epistasiair
of, belonging to genitive	epistasiau	epistasiaiu
to, for dative	epistasia	epistasiai

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

epistasistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

epistasia 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

epistasias“pressure”subjectnominative singular1×

2 Corinthians 11:28“pressure”chōris teiu parektos tas epistasias mi tas kata hēmeran, tas merimnas pantaiu taiu ekklēsaiu.Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

epistasian“stirring up”objectaccusative singular1×

Acts 24:12“stirring up”kai oute en te hiere heuriskala min pros tinon dialegerōton ē epistasian poiarōton ochlou oute en tai sunagōgai oute kata tan politan,Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.