Lexicon akatastasia: instability Original Word: ἀκαταστασία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: akatastasia Phonetic Spelling: (ak-at-as-tah-see'-ah) Short Definition: disturbance, upheaval, revolution Definition: disturbance, upheaval, revolution, almost anarchy, first in the political, and thence in the moral sphere. HELPS word-Studies 181 akatastasía (from 1 /A "not," 2596 /katá, "down" and stasis, "status, standing," cf. 2476 /hístēmi) – properly, can not stand (remain steady); unsettled, unstable (in tumult); (figuratively) instability bringing on disorder (disturbance). 181 /akatastasía ("commotion") generates confusion (things being "out of control"), i.e. when "up for grabs." This uncertainty and tumult inevitably generates more instability. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom akatastatosDefinitioninstability NASB Translationconfusion (1), disorder (1), disturbances (2), tumults (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 181: ἀκαταστασίαἀκαταστασία, (ας, ἡ ( ἀκατάστατος), instability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion: 1 Corinthians 14:33; James 3:16; ( Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 14, 1 [ET]; ( Proverbs 26:28; Tobit 4:13)); plural disturbances, disorders: of dissensions, 2 Corinthians 12:20; of seditions, 2 Corinthians 6:5 (Cf. Meyer at the passage); of the tumults or commotions of war, Luke 21:9 ( Polybius, Dionysius Halicarnassus).
Strong's commotion, confusion, tumult. From akatastatos; instability, i.e. Disorder -- commotion, confusion, tumult. see GREEK akatastatos |
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