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ἔκστασις

Amazement

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ἔκστασις G1611
Pronunciation ékstasis

What does ἔκστασις (ékstasis) mean in the Bible?

ἔκστασις (ékstasis) is a Greek word meaning "amazement". ἔκ-στασις, -εως, ἡ (ἐξίστημι) [in LXX: Gen. Marks the revelatory nature of Paul’s temple vision. This term runs through the canonical themes of Presence.

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Meaning

amazement
Extended definition

A mental state of being outside oneself, ranging from ecstatic trance to overwhelming amazement or shock.

(ἐξίστημι) [in LXX: Gen.27:33, 1Ki.14:15, Eze.26:16, al. (חֲרָדָה); 2Ch.14:14 17:10 20:29 (פַּחַד), al. ;]

1a displacement (Arist.).
2An abnormal condition of the mind, in which the subject passes out of his usual self-control (Hippocr.); in NT (Kennedy, Sources, 121 f.);
aa trance: Act.10:10 11:5 22:17;
bamazement: Mrk.5:42 16:8, Luk.5:26, Act.3:19.
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Why This Word Matters
Marks the revelatory nature of Paul’s temple vision. Acts 22:17-21
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Mark 16:8 · Luke 5:26 · Acts 10:10 3×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 3:10 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Mark 5:42 · Acts 11:5 · Acts 22:17 3×
7 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Canonical Themes
Presence
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

New Testament Witnesses
Acts 22:17-21 Trance ékstasis Dative · Singular · Feminine
A state of astonishment or visionary experience.
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

ἔκστασις · μέγας G1611, G3173
great astonishment, amazement
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 22 — Paul’s Defense: Christ Appears, Sends, and Preserves His Witness Mark 16 — He Has Risen: The Empty Tomb, the Angelic Announcement, Galilee Promise, and Trembling Witness Mark 5 — The Authority of Jesus over Demons, Disease, and Death

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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