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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 Box Gen 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:21 - So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12 - As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - Then Isaac trembled very violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:32 - So they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:28 - The LORD will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of mind,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:7 - He took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying, “Whoever does not come out after Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen!” Then the dread of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out as one man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:15 - And there was a panic in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and even the raiders trembled, the earth quaked, and it became a very great panic.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13 - And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?’” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14 - And they attacked all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of the LORD was upon them. They plundered all the cities, for there was much plunder in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:5 - In those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:10 - And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, and they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:29 - And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the countries when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:8 - Therefore the wrath of the LORD came on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them an object of horror, of astonishment, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1 - To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
In you, O LORD, do I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
in your righteousness deliver me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22 - I had said in my alarm,[fn]
“I am cut off from your sight.”
But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy
when I cried to you for help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:27 - There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
the princes of Judah in their throng,
the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:11 - I said in my alarm,
“All mankind are liars.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:10 - Like an archer who wounds everyone
is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:30 - An appalling and horrible thing
has happened in the land:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground and tremble every moment and be appalled at you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:35 - All the inhabitants of the coastlands
are appalled at you,
and the hair of their kings bristles with horror;
their faces are convulsed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - I will make many peoples appalled at you, and the hair of their kings shall bristle with horror because of you, when I brandish my sword before them. They shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:7 - And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 - You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors,
who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:4 - On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and its rider with madness. But for the sake of the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open, when I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:13 - And on that day a great panic from the LORD shall fall on them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other.
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