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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.).
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 BoxMar 5:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:42 - And immediately G2117 the girl G2877 got G450 up G450 and began to walk G4043, for she was twelve G1427 years G2094 old. And immediately G2117 they were completely G1611 G3173 astonished G1839.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:8 - And they went G1831 out G1831 and fled G5343 from the tomb G3419, for trembling G5156 and astonishment G1611 had gripped G2192 them; and they said G3004 nothing G3762 to anyone G3762, for they were G5399 afraid G5399.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:26 - And [fn]they were all G537 struck G2983 with astonishment G1611 and began glorifying G1392 God G2316. They were also G2532 filled G4130 with fear G5401, saying G3004, “We have seen G3708 remarkable G3861 things G3861 today G4594!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:10 - and they recognized G1921 him as being G1510 the very G846 one who used to sit G2521 at the Beautiful G5611 Gate G4439 of the temple G2413 to beg for charitable G1654 gifts G1654, and they were filled G4130 with wonder G2285 and amazement G1611 at what had happened G4819 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:10 - But he became G1096 hungry G4361 and wanted G2309 to eat G1089; but while they were making G3903 preparations G3903, he fell G1096 into a trance G1611;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:5 - “I was in the city G4172 of Joppa G2445 praying G4336; and in a trance G1611 I saw G3708 a vision G3705, an [fn]object G4632 coming G2597 down G2597 like G5613 a great G3173 sheet G3607 lowered G2524 by four G5064 corners G746 from the sky G3772; and it came G2064 to where G891 I was,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:17 -

“It happened G1096 when I returned G5290 to Jerusalem G2419 and was praying G4336 in the temple G2413, that I fell G1096 into a trance G1611,

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