Strong's Lexicon
G1999 — ἐπισύστασις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1999 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐπισύστασις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from the middle voice of a compound of G1909 and G4921 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | episustasis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ep-ee-soo'-stas-is |
| Meaning: | 1. a conspiracy, i.e. concourse (riotous or friendly) |
| KJV Renderings: | that which cometh upon, + raising up |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπισύστασις, ἐπισυστασεως, ἡ (ἐπισυνισταμαι to collect together, conspire against) a gathering together or combining against or at. Hence,
1. a hostile banding together or concourse: ποιεῖν ἐπισύστασιν, to excite a riotous gathering of the people, make a mob, Act 24:12 R G; 1Es 5:70 Alex.; Sextus Empiricus, adv. eth., p. 127 (p. 571, 20 edition, Bekker; cf. Philo in Flac. § 1); τίνος, against one, Num 26:9; a conspiracy, Josephus, contra Apion 1, 20.
2. a troublesome throng of persons seeking help, counsel, comfort: τίνος, thronging to one, 2Co 11:28 R G (see ἐπίστασις); Luther,dassichwerdeangelaufen.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπισύστασις (that which cometh upon)
Acts 24:12
- KJV: And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man neither raising up the people neither in the synagogues nor in the city
- GK: και ούτε εν τω ιερώ εύρόν με προς τινα διαλεγόμενον η επισύστασιν ποιούντα όχλου ούτε εν ταις συναγωγαίς ούτε κατά την πόλιν
2 Corinthians 11:28
- KJV: Beside those things that are without that which cometh upon me daily the care of all the churches
- GK: χωρίς των παρεκτός η επισύστασίς μου η καθ ημέραν η μέριμνα πασών των εκκλησιών