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Lexicon :: Strong's G1611 - ekstasis

Aa
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.).
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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 Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12 - And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:32 - And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:28 - Jehovah will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:7 - And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the dread of Jehovah fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:15 - And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled; and the earth quaked: so there was an exceeding great trembling.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13 - And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14 - And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of Jehovah came upon them: and they despoiled all the cities; for there was much spoil in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:5 - And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in; but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:10 - And the fear of Jehovah fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:8 - Wherefore the wrath of Jehovah was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to be tossed to and fro, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1 -
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge;
Let me never be put to shame:
Deliver me in thy righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22 -
As for me, I said in my haste,
I am cut off from before thine eyes:
Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications,
When I cried unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:27 -
There is little Benjamin their ruler,
The princes of Judah and their council,
The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:11 -
I said in my haste,
All men are liars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:10 -
As an archer that woundeth all,
So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:30 - A wonderful and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:35 - All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - Yea, I will make many peoples amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 -
Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors:
They came as a whirlwind to scatter me;
Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:4 - In that day, saith Jehovah, I will smite every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the peoples with blindness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:13 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from Jehovah shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor.
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