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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 7 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:42 - Und alsbald stand das Mägdlein auf und wandelte; es war aber zwölf Jahre alt. Und sie entsetzten sich über die Maßen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:8 - Und sie gingen schnell heraus und flohen von dem Grabe; denn es war sie Zittern und Entsetzen angekommen. Und sie sagten niemand etwas, denn sie fürchteten sich.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:26 - Und sie entsetzten sich alle und priesen Gott und wurden voll Furcht und sprachen: Wir haben heute seltsame Dinge gesehen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:10 - Sie kannten ihn auch, daß er's war, der um Almosen gesessen hatte vor der schönen Tür des Tempels; und sie wurden voll Wunderns und Entsetzens über das, was ihm widerfahren war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:10 - Und als er hungrig ward, wollte er essen. Da sie ihm aber zubereiteten, ward er entzückt

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:5 - Ich war in der Stadt Joppe im Gebete und war entzückt und sah ein Gesicht, nämlich ein Gefäß herniederfahren, wie ein großes leinenes Tuch mit vier Zipfeln, und niedergelassen vom Himmel, das kam bis zu mir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:17 - Es geschah aber, da ich wieder gen Jerusalem kam und betete im Tempel, daß ich entzückt ward und sah ihn.
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