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Lexicon :: Strong's G1611 - ekstasis

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ἔκστασις
Transliteration
ekstasis (Key)
Pronunciation
ek'-stas-is
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:449,217

Strong’s Definitions

ἔκστασις ékstasis, ek'-stas-is; from G1839; a displacement of the mind, i.e. bewilderment, "ecstasy":—+ be amazed, amazement, astonishment, trance.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G1611 in the following manner: trance (3x), be amazed (with G3083) (2x), amazement (1x), astonishment (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G1611 in the following manner: trance (3x), be amazed (with G3083) (2x), amazement (1x), astonishment (1x).

  1. any casting down of a thing from its proper place or state, displacement

  2. a throwing of the mind out of its normal state, alienation of mind, whether such as makes a lunatic or that of a man who by some sudden emotion is transported as it were out of himself, so that in this rapt condition, although he is awake, his mind is drawn off from all surrounding objects and wholly fixed on things divine that he sees nothing but the forms and images lying within, and thinks that he perceives with his bodily eyes and ears realities shown him by God.

  3. amazement, the state of one who, either owing to the importance or the novelty of an event, is thrown into a state of blended fear and wonderment

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἔκστασις ékstasis, ek'-stas-is; from G1839; a displacement of the mind, i.e. bewilderment, "ecstasy":—+ be amazed, amazement, astonishment, trance.
STRONGS G1611:
ἔκστασις, -εως, ἡ, (ἐξίστημι);
1. universally, in Greek writing, any casting down of a thing from its proper place or state; displacement (Aristotle, Plutarch).
2. a throwing of the mind out of its normal state, alienation of mind, whether such as makes a lunatic (διανοίας, Deuteronomy 28:28; τῶν λογισμῶν, Plutarch, Sol. 8), or that of the man who by some sudden emotion is transported as it were out of himself, so that in this rapt condition, although he is awake, his mind is so drawn off from all surrounding objects and wholly fixed on things divine that he sees nothing but the forms and images lying within, and thinks that he perceives with his bodily eyes and ears realities shown him by God, (Philo, quis rerum divin. heres § 53 [cf. 51; B. D. under the word Trance; Delitzsch, Psychol. 5:5]): ἐπέπεσεν [Rec., others ἐγένετο] ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἔκστασις, Acts 10:10; εἶδεν ἐν ἐκστάσει ὅραμα, Acts 11:5; γενέσθαι ἐν ἐκστάσει, Acts 22:17, cf. 2 Corinthians 12:2f.
3. In the O. T. and the New amazement [cf. Longinus, 1, 4; Stobaeus, flor. tit. 104, 7], the state of one who, either owing to the importance or the novelty of an event, is thrown into a state of blended fear and wonder: εἶχεν αὐτὸς τρόμος καὶ ἔκστασις, Mark 16:8; ἐξέστησαν ἐκστάσει μεγάλη, Mark 5:42 (Ezekiel 26:16); ἔκστασις ἔλαβεν ἅπαντας, Luke 5:26; ἐπλήσθησαν θάμβους κ. ἐκστάσεως, Acts 3:10; (for חֲרָדָה, trembling, Genesis 27:33; 1 Samuel 14:15, etc.; פַּחַד, fear, 2 Chronicles 14:14, etc.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
27:33
Deuteronomy
28:28
1 Samuel
14:15
2 Chronicles
14:14
Ezekiel
26:16
Mark
5:42; 16:8
Luke
5:26
Acts
3:10; 10:10; 11:5; 22:17
2 Corinthians
12:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1611 matches the Greek ἔκστασις (ekstasis),
which occurs 27 times in 26 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:21 - And God brought a trance upon Adam, and he slept, and he took one of his ribs, and filled up the flesh instead thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12 - And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and lo! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - And Isaac was amazed with very great amazement, and said, Who then is it that has procured venison for me and brought it to me? and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:32 - And they brought a horror of that land which they surveyed upon the children of Israel, saying, The land which we passed by to survey it, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of extraordinary stature.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:28 - The Lord smite thee with insanity, and blindness, and astonishment of mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:7 - And he took two cows, and cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoso comes not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall they do to his oxen: and a transport from the Lord came upon the people of Israel, and they [fn]came out to battle as one man.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:15 - And there was dismay in the camp, and in the field; and all the people in Messab, and the spoilers were amazed; and they would not act, and the land was terror-struck, and there was dismay from the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13 - And he said to him, Say now to her, Behold, thou hast [fn]taken all this trouble for us; what should I do for thee? Hast thou any [fn]request to make to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she said, I dwell in the midst of my people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14 - (LXX 14:13) And they destroyed their towns round about Gedor; for a terror of the Lord was upon them: and they spoiled all their cities, for they had much spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:5 - And in that time there is no peace to one going out, or to one coming in, for the terror of the Lord is upon all that inhabit the lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:10 - And a terror of the Lord was upon all the kingdoms of the land round about Juda, and they made no war against Josaphat.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:29 - And there was a terror of the Lord upon all the kingdoms of the land, when they heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:8 - And the Lord was very angry with Juda and Jerusalem, and made them an astonishment, and a desolation, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1 - (LXX 30:1) For the end, a Psalm of David, an utterance of [fn]extreme fear. (30:2) O Lord, I have hoped in thee; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness and rescue me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22 - (LXX 30:23) But I said in my extreme fear, I am cast out from the sight of thine eyes: therefore thou didst hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication when I cried to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:27 - (LXX 67:28) There is Benjamin the younger one in ecstasy, the princes of Juda their rulers, the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:11 - (LXX 115:2) And I said in mine amazement, Every man is a liar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:10 - [fn]All the flesh of fools endures much hardship; for their fury is brought to nought.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:30 - Shocking and horrible deeds have been done on the land;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - And all the princes of the nations of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and shall take off their crowns from their heads, and shall take off their embroidered raiment: they shall be utterly amazed; they shall sit upon the ground, and fear their own destruction, and shall groan over thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:35 - All the dwellers in the islands have mourned over thee, and their kings have been utterly amazed, and their countenance has wept.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - And many nations shall mourn over thee, and their kings shall be utterly amazed, when my sword flies in their faces, as they wait for their own fall from the day of thy fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:7 - And I Daniel only saw the vision: and the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great amazement fell upon them, and they fled in fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 - Thou didst cut asunder the heads of princes with amazement, they shall tremble in it; they shall burst their bridles, they shall be as a poor man devouring in secret.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:4 - In that day, saith the Lord Almighty, I will smite every horse with amazement, and his rider with madness: but I will open mine eyes upon the house of Juda, and I will smite all the horses of the nations with blindness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:13 - And there shall be in that day a great [fn]panic from the Lord upon them; and they shall lay hold every man of the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall be clasped with the hand of his neighbour.
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