Uprising
στάσιςStrong’s G4714stasis
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Stasis is the Greek word usually translated “insurrection”, “commotion” and “dissension”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.”
Meaning
Usually translated “insurrection”, “commotion” and “dissension”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- insurrection 3
- commotion 1
- of insurrection 1
- a dissension 1
- dissension 1
- insurrections 1
- a standing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 5
- Luke 2
- Mark 1
- Hebrews 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 23:19(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
- Luke 23:25And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
- Acts 15:2When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
- Acts 19:40For we are in danger to be called in question for this day’s uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
- Acts 23:7And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
- Acts 23:10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
Greek dictionary
στάσις stasis · uprising
στάσις, -εως, ἡ (ἵστημι), [in LXX chiefly for עָמַד, its parts and derivatives, also for רִיב (Pr 1714), etc. (see Deiss., BS, 158 f.) ;] 1. a standing, place, status: σ. ἔχειν (Polyb., v, 5, 3; and cf. Lat. locum habere), Heb.9:8. 2. insurrection, sedition: Mrk.15:7, Luk.23:19, 25, Act.19:40 24:5. 3. In poets and late prose, strife, dissension (cf. MM, xxiii) Act.15:2 23:7, 10.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “uprising” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UPRI'SING, participle present
tense Rising; ascending.
All definitions and other forms of “uprising”
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.