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Strong's G4714 στάσις (stasis)

Stasis means “dissension” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4714 — mitsrayim (“Egypt”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4714
Language Greek
Linked Usages 37
Books 20

Strong's G4714 Quick Answer

Strong's G4714 στάσις (stasis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. stasis (stas'-is) n. 1. a standing (properly, the act) 2. (by analogy) position (existence) It has 37 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include standing. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
stasis (stas'-is) n. 1. a standing (properly, the act) 2. (by analogy) position (existence)
Usage
37 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
standing

Meaning and Definition

stasis (stas'-is) n. 1. a standing (properly, the act) 2. (by analogy) position (existence) 3. (by implication) a popular uprising 4. (figuratively) controversy [from the base of G2476] KJV: dissension, insurrection, X standing, uproar Root(s): G2476

Original Word
στάσις
Transliteration
stasis
Derivation
Root: ἵστημι R1: 2476
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4714. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

uprising

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G4714 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render stasis, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

standing Hebrews 9:8

How Strong's G4714 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 23 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4714 (στάσις) appears 28 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4714 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4714 in the New Testament

9 indexed usages in New Testament.

Mark 15:7 KJV

And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

Luke 23:19 KJV

(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)

Luke 23:25 KJV

And 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.

Strong's G4714 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

23 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 28:65 Septuagint / Brenton

Moreover among those nations he will not give thee quiet, neither by any means shall the sole of thy foot have rest; and the Lord shall give thee there another and a misgiving heart, and failing eyes, and a wasting soul.

Joshua 10:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And the sun and the moon stood still, Until God executed vengeance on their enemies; and the sun stood still in the midst of heaven; it did not proceed to set till the end of one day.

Judges 9:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And all the men of Shechem, and all the house of Beth-millo, were gathered together, and they went and made Abimelech king by the oak of Sedition, which was at Shechem.

Strong's G4714 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 7:18 Septuagint / Brenton

Wherefore the fear and dread of them fell upon all the people, who said, There is neither truth nor righteousness in them; for they have broken the covenant and oath that they made.

1 Maccabees 10:72 Septuagint / Brenton

Ask and learn who I am, and the rest that take our part, and they shall tell thee that thy foot is not able to stand before our face; for thy fathers have been twice put to flight in their own land.

3 Maccabees 1:23 Septuagint / Brenton

Calling out to arms, and to die bravely in defense of the law of their fathers, they created a great uproar in the place, and were with difficulty brought back by the aged and the elders to the station of prayer which they had occupied before.

Strong's G4714 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 12:4 Septuagint / Brenton

called me -Enoch the scribe- and said to me: 'Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, declare to the Watchers of the heaven who have left the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves

Usage Excerpts

First 37 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4714.

Deuteronomy 28:65 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover among those nations he will not give thee quiet, neither by any means shall the sole of thy foot have rest; and the Lord shall give thee there another and a misgiving heart, and failing eyes, and a wasting soul.
Joshua 10:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sun and the moon stood still, Until God executed vengeance on their enemies; and the sun stood still in the midst of heaven; it did not proceed to set till the end of one day.
Judges 9:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the men of Shechem, and all the house of Beth-millo, were gathered together, and they went and made Abimelech king by the oak of Sedition, which was at Shechem.
3 Kingdoms 10:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the provision of Solomon and the sitting of his attendants, and the standing of his servants, and his raiment, and his cupbearers, and his whole burnt offering which he offered in the house of the Lord, and she was utterly amazed.
1 Chronicles 28:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David stood in the midst of the assembly, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and a place for the feet of our Lord, and I prepared materials suitable for the building:
2 Chronicles 9:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the meat of the tables, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their raiment; and his cupbearers, and their apparel; and the whole burnt offerings which he offered up in the house of the Lord; then she was in ecstasy.
2 Chronicles 23:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood in his place, and the princes and trumpets were at the entrance, and the princes were round the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded the trumpets, and there were the singers singing with instruments, and singing hymns of praise. And Athaliah rent her robe, and cried, Ye surely are plotting against me.
2 Chronicles 24:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the workmen wrought, and the works prospered in their hands, and they established the house of the Lord on its foundation, and strengthened it.
2 Chronicles 30:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they stood at their post, according to their ordinance, according to the commandment of Moses the man of God: and the priests received the blood from the hand of the Levites.
2 Chronicles 35:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the service was duly ordered, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the command of the king.
2 Chronicles 35:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Asaph the psalm singers were at their post according to the commands of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, the prophets of the king: also the chiefs and the porters of the several gates—it was not for them to stir from the service of the holy things, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
Nehemiah 8:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
Nehemiah 9:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
Nehemiah 9:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Nehemiah 13:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
Proverbs 17:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But sedition and strife precede poverty.
Isaiah 22:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt be removed from thy stewardship, and from thy place.
Ezekiel 1:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As the appearance of the bow when it is in the cloud in days of rain, so was the form of the brightness round about.
Daniel 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All who preside over thy kingdom, captains and satraps, chiefs and local governors, have taken counsel together, to establish by a royal statute and to confirm a decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
Daniel 6:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then those men said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, that we must not change any decree or statute which the king shall make.
Daniel 8:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he came and stood near where I stood: and when he came, I was struck with awe, and fell upon my face: but he said to me, Understand, son of man: for yet the vision is for an appointed time.
Daniel 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, O Daniel, man greatly beloved, understand the words which I speak to thee, and stand upright: for I am now sent to thee. And when he had spoken to me this word, I stood trembling.
Nahum 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt be drunken, and shalt be overlooked; and thou shalt seek for thyself strength because of thine enemies.
Mark 15:7 New Testament, KJV
And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
Luke 23:19 New Testament, KJV
(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
Luke 23:25 New Testament, KJV
And 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 15:2 New Testament, KJV
When 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 19:40 New Testament, KJV
For 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 23:7 New Testament, KJV
And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
Acts 23:10 New Testament, KJV
And 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.
Acts 24:5 New Testament, KJV
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
Hebrews 9:8 New Testament, KJV
The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
1 Maccabees 7:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore the fear and dread of them fell upon all the people, who said, There is neither truth nor righteousness in them; for they have broken the covenant and oath that they made.
1 Maccabees 10:72 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Ask and learn who I am, and the rest that take our part, and they shall tell thee that thy foot is not able to stand before our face; for thy fathers have been twice put to flight in their own land.
3 Maccabees 1:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Calling out to arms, and to die bravely in defense of the law of their fathers, they created a great uproar in the place, and were with difficulty brought back by the aged and the elders to the station of prayer which they had occupied before.
Wisdom of Sirach 33:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A cheerful and good heart will have a care of his meat and diet.
1 Enoch 12:4 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
called me -Enoch the scribe- and said to me: 'Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, declare to the Watchers of the heaven who have left the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4714, grouped by book.

Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 5 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G4714 FAQ

What does stasis (στάσις) mean?

Stasis (Strong's G4714) is a Greek word most simply glossed "dissension". stasis (stas'-is) n. 1. a standing (properly, the act) 2. (by analogy) position (existence)

How many times is stasis (στάσις) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 37 linked usages for Strong's G4714 across 20 books.

Where can I study stasis (στάσις) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4714 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate stasis (στάσις)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as standing. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4714 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 23 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G4714, with linked reader references where each row is available.