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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 Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12 -

Now it happened that when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, [fn]terror and great darkness fell upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - Then Isaac [fn]trembled exceedingly violently and said, “Who was he then that hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of all of it before you came and blessed him? Indeed, he shall be blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:32 - So they gave out to the sons of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land, which we have passed through to spy out on, is a land that devours its [fn]inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great size.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:28 - “Yahweh will strike you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:7 - Then he took a pair of oxen and cut them in pieces and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.” Then the dread of Yahweh fell on 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 trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even the garrison and the raiders trembled, and the earth quaked so that it became a [fn]great trembling.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13 - And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have been [fn]careful for us with all this [fn]care; what can I do for you? Would you be spoken for to the king or to the commander of the army?’” And she [fn]answered, “I live among my own people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14 - And they struck down all the cities around Gerar, for the dread of Yahweh had fallen on them; and 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 - “Now in those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for much confusion was upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:10 -

Now the dread of Yahweh was on all the kingdoms of the lands which were around Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:29 - And the dread of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that Yahweh 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 Yahweh was against Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, of horror, 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 -

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

In You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge;

Let me never be ashamed;

In Your righteousness protect me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22 -

As for me, I said in my alarm,

“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;

Nevertheless, You heard the voice of my supplications

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 [fn]youngest, [fn]having dominion over them,

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 men are liars.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:10 -

[fn]Like an archer who wounds everyone,

So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:30 -

“A horrible and appalling 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 go down from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with [fn]trembling; they will sit on the ground, 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 their kings are horribly horrified;

They are troubled in countenance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - “I will make many peoples [fn]appalled at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and they will tremble every moment, every man 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 - Now I, Daniel, alone saw the vision that appeared, but the men who were with me did not see the vision that appeared; nevertheless, a great terror fell on them, and they ran away to hide themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 -

You pierced with his own sharpened rods

The head of his [fn]throngs.

They stormed in to scatter [fn]us;

Their exultation was like those

Who devour the afflicted in secret.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:4 - “In that day,” declares Yahweh, “I will strike every horse with bewilderment and his rider with madness. But I will open my eyes to watch over the house of Judah, while 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 it will be in that day, that abundant confusion from Yahweh will [fn]fall on them; and they will take hold of one another’s hand, and the hand of one will [fn]go up against the hand of another.
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