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Notes: It is possible that ἐπανίστημι and ἐπίστασις[b], with the prefix ἐπι, differ in some measure from ἀνίστημι[h] and στάσις[a] by virtue of the prefixal element which may suggest action directed specifically toward some object, but there is insufficient contextual evidence to support such distinct meanings.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: στάσις; -εως

Related lemmas: ἵστημι

Sense 1: insurrection, rebellion

Semantic entry: 39.34

Semantic domains: Hostility, Strife

Subdomains: Rebellion

Definition: act of rising up in open defiance of authority, with the presumed intention to overthrow it or to act in complete opposition to its demands{N:001}

MRK 15:7: RV MRK 15:7 · LV MRK 15:7 · Read together MRK 15:7

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OET-RV MRK 15:7

7 There was another prisoner at that time named Bar -Aba (Grk. Barabbas), who was an activist arrested for murder.

OET-LV MRK 15:7

7 And was the one being _called Barabbas, having _been _bound with the insurrectionists, who had _done murder in the insurrection.

LUK 23:19: RV LUK 23:19 · LV LUK 23:19 · Read together LUK 23:19

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OET-RV LUK 23:19

19 (Bar-Aba had been thrown into prison for murder after an uprising that had occurred in the city.)

OET-LV LUK 23:19

19 Who was, having _been _throw in the prison because _of a_certain insurrection having _become in the city and murder.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 15:7 · LV MRK 15:7 · Read together MRK 15:7

LUK: RV LUK 23:19 · RV LUK 23:25 · LV LUK 23:19 · LV LUK 23:25 · Read together LUK 23:19 · Read together LUK 23:25

ACT: RV ACT 19:40–41 · RV ACT 24:5 · LV ACT 19:40 · LV ACT 24:5 · Read together ACT 19:40–41 · Read together ACT 24:5

Sense 2: to quarrel, heated quarrel

Semantic entry: 33.448

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Argue, Quarrel

Definition: to engage in intense and emotional expressions of different opinions

ACT 15:2: RV ACT 15:2 · LV ACT 15:2 · Read together ACT 15:2

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OET-RV ACT 15:2

2 This led to no end of argument and debate between them and Paulos and Barnabas until it was decided that the two of them and some other believers should go to Yerushalem (Jerusalem) to ask the missionaries and the elders there about this issue.

OET-LV ACT 15:2

2 And dissension and no little debate having _become the by _Paulos and the Barnabas with them, they _determined Paulos and Barnabas and some others from them to _be _going _up, to the ambassadors and elders in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim) about the this question.

ACT 23:7: RV ACT 23:7 · LV ACT 23:7 · Read together ACT 23:7

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OET-RV ACT 23:7

7 Well, as soon as he said this, the council was split as the Farisaios and the Saddoukaios started arguing.

OET-LV ACT 23:7

7 And of _him speaking this, a_dissension became between _the Farisaios_party and Saddoukaios_sect, and the multitude was _divided.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: RV ACT 15:2 · RV ACT 23:7 · RV ACT 23:10 · LV ACT 15:2 · LV ACT 23:7 · LV ACT 23:10 · Read together ACT 15:2 · Read together ACT 23:7 · Read together ACT 23:10

Sense 3: existence, to be in existence

Semantic entry: 13.72

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Exist

Definition: the state of existence, with the implication of being in a place or position

HEB 9:8: RV HEB 9:8 · LV HEB 9:8 · Read together HEB 9:8

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OET-RV HEB 9:8

8 By that, the holy spirit was making it clear that the way into that holy place was not yet open to the public as long as that first tent of worship was still standing.

OET-LV HEB 9:8

8 This making _evident the spirit the holy is, that _not _yet to _have _revealed the of _the holy places way, still of _the first tent room having standing,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

στάσις

Form 1

Sense 1: insurrection, rebellion

Sense 2: to quarrel, heated quarrel

Sense 3: existence, to be in existence