Strong's Lexicon
G1611 — ἔκστασις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1611 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἔκστασις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1839 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 7 |
| Transliteration: | ekstasis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ek'-stas-is |
| Meaning: | 1. a displacement of the mind, i.e. bewilderment, "ecstasy" |
| KJV Renderings: | + be amazed, amazement, astonishment, trance |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔκστασις, ἐκστάσεως, ἡ (ἐξίστημι);
1. universally, in Greek writing, any casting down of a thing from its proper place or state; displacement (Aristotle, Plutarch).
2. a throwing of the mind out of its normal state, alienation of mind, whether such as makes a lunatic (διανοίας, Deu 28:28; τῶν λογισμῶν, Plutarch, Son 8:1-14), or that of the man who by some sudden emotion is transported as it were out of himself, so that in this rapt condition, although he is awake, his mind is so drawn off from all surrounding objects and wholly fixed on things divine that he sees nothing but the forms and images lying within, and thinks that he perceives with his bodily eyes and ears realities shown him by God (Philo,quisrerumdivin.heres § 53 (cf. 51; B. D. under the word, Trance; Delitzsch, Psychol. 5:5)): ἐπέπεσεν (Rec., others ἐγένετο) ἐπ’ ἔκστασις, Act 10:10; εἶδεν ἐν ἐκστάσει ὅραμα, Act 11:5; γενέσθαι ἐν ἐκστάσει, Act 22:17, cf. 2Co 12:2 f.
3. In the O. T. and the New amazement (cf. Longinus, 1, 4; Stobaeus, flor. tit. 104, 7), the state of one who, either owing to the importance or the novelty of an event, is thrown into a state of blended fear and wonder: εἶχεν αὐτάς τρόμος καί ἔκστασις, Mar 16:8; ἐξέστησαν ἐκστάσει μεγάλη, Mar 5:42 (Eze 26:16); ἔκστασις ἔλαβεν ἅπαντας, Luk 5:26; ἐπλήσθησαν θάμβους καί ἐκστάσεως, Act 3:10; (for çÂøÈãÈä, trembling, Gen 27:33; 1Sa 14:15, etc.; ôÇÌçÇã, fear, 2Ch 14:14, etc.).
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἔκστασις (+ be amazed)
Mark 5:42
- KJV: And straightway the damsel arose and walked for she was of twelve years And they were astonished with a great astonishment
- GK: και ευθέως ανέστη το κοράσιον και περιεπάτει ην γαρ ετών δώδεκα και εξέστησαν εκστάσει μεγάλη
Mark 16:8
- KJV: And they went out quickly and fled from the sepulchre for they trembled and were amazed neither said they any thing to any for they were afraid
- GK: και εξελθούσαι ταχύ έφυγον από του μνημείου είχε δε αυτάς τρόμος και έκστασις και ουδενί ουδέν είπον εφοβούντο γαρ
Luke 5:26
- KJV: And they were all amazed and they glorified God and were filled with fear saying We have seen strange things to day
- GK: και έκστασις έλαβεν άπαντας και εδόξαζον τον θεόν και επλήσθησαν φόβου λέγοντες ότι είδομεν παράδοξα σήμερον
Acts 3:10
- KJV: And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him
- GK: επεγίνωσκόν τε αυτόν ότι ούτος ην ο προς την ελεημοσύνην καθήμενος επί τη ωραία πύλη του ιερού και επλήσθησαν θάμβους και εκστάσεως επί τω συμβεβηκότι αυτώ
Acts 10:10
- KJV: And he became very hungry and would have eaten but while they made ready he fell into a trance
- GK: εγένετο δε πρόσπεινος και ήθελε γεύσασθαι παρασκευαζόντων δε εκείνων επέπεσεν επ΄ αυτόν έκστασις
Acts 11:5
- KJV: I was in the city of Joppa praying and in a trance I saw a vision A certain vessel descend as it had been a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners and it came even to me
- GK: εγώ ήμην εν πόλει Ιόππη προσευχόμενος και είδον εν εκστάσει όραμα καταβαίνον σκεύός τι ως οθόνην μεγάλην τέσσαρσιν αρχαίς καθιεμένην εκ του ουρανού και ήλθεν άχρις εμού
Acts 22:17
- KJV: And it came to pass, that when I was come again to Jerusalem even while I prayed in the temple I was in a trance
- GK: εγένετο δε μοι υποστρέψαντι εις Ιερουσαλήμ και προσευχομένου μου εν τω ιερώ γενέσθαι με εν εκστάσει
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