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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 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 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 violently, and said, “Who then was he who hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate from all of it before you came, and 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 a bad report of the land which they had spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, “The land through which we have gone to spy out is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are people of great stature.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:28 - “The LORD will strike you with insanity, blindness, and with confusion of [fn]mind;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:7 - He then took a yoke 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, the same shall be done to his oxen.” Then the dread of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one person.

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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 taken trouble for us with all this [fn]care; what can I do for you? [fn]Would you like me to speak for you to the king or to the commander of the army?’” But she [fn]answered, “I live among my own people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14 - They [fn]destroyed all the cities around Gerar, for the dread of the LORD had fallen on them; and they pillaged 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 for him who went out or him who came in, because many disturbances [fn]afflicted 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 the LORD 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 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 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 music director. A Psalm of David.

In You, LORD, I have taken refuge;

Let me never be [fn]put to shame;

In Your righteousness rescue 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 Your eyes”;

Nevertheless You heard the sound of my pleadings

When I called to You for help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:27 -

Benjamin, the [fn]youngest, is there, [fn]ruling them,

The leaders of Judah in their company,

The leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:11 -

I said in my alarm,

“All people 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 one who hires a fool or hires those who pass by.

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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 descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their colorfully woven garments. They will clothe themselves with [fn]trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble again and again, 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 afraid;

They [fn]have a troubled look.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - “And I will make many peoples appalled at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and they will tremble again and again, every person for his own life, on the day of your fall.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:7 - Now I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, while the men who were with me did not see the vision; nevertheless, a great fear 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 [fn]arrows

The head of his [fn]leaders.

They stormed in to scatter [fn]us;

Their arrogance was like those

Who devour the oppressed 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 confusion and its rider with insanity. But I will [fn]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 come about on that day that a great panic from the LORD will [fn]fall on them; and they will seize one another’s hand, and the hand of one will [fn]be raised against the hand of another.
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