Quick Definition
στάσις, εως, ἡ n.f. standing, place, dissension
Strong's Definition
from the base of 2476; a standing (properly, the act), i.e. (by analogy) position (existence); by implication, a popular uprising; figuratively, controversy
KJV Usage: dissension, insurrection, X standing, uproar
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | ἵστημι
39.34 · Hostility, Strife · Rebellion
insurrection, rebellion 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
33.448 · Communication · Argue, Quarrel
to quarrel, heated quarrel to engage in intense and emotional expressions of different opinions
13.72 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Exist
existence, to be in existence the state of existence, with the implication of being in a place or position
1 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.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στάσις, -ews, ἡ, (torn) 5 1. a standing, station, state: ἔχειν στάσιν, to stand, exist, have stability, Lat. locum habere, [R. V. is yet standing], Heb. ix. 8 (Polyb. 5, 5, 3). 2 fr. Aeschyl. and Hdt. down, an insurrection (cf. Germ. Aufstand): Mk. xv. 7; Lk. xxiii. 19, 25; Acts xix. 40 [see σήμερον, sub fin.]; κινεῖν στάσιν [LT Tr WH στάσεις τινί, [a mover of insurrections among i. e.] against [cf. W. 208 (196)] one, Acts xxiv. 5. 3. strife, dissension, (Aeschyl. Pers. 738; Diog. Laért. 3, 51): Acts xv. 2; xxiii. 7, 10.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στασιαστής stasiastēs 1x
a partisan, rebel, revolutionary, Mt. 15:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
στάσις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἵστημι), [in LXX chiefly for עמד, its parts and derivatives, also for רִיב (Pr 17:14), etc. (v. Deiss., BS, 158 f.) ;]
a standing, place, status: σ. ἔχειν (Polyb., v, 5, 3; and cf. Lat. locum habere), He 9:8.
insurrection, sedition: Mk 15:7, Lk 23:19, 25, Ac 19:40 24:5.
In poets and late prose, strife, dissension (cf. MM, xxiii) Ac 15:2 23:7, 10.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στάσις. For the original meaning “ἃ standing,’’ as in Heb 98, cf. the use of the plur. for “‘buildings,’’ ‘“‘erections’’ in P Petr III. 46 (3)! (iii/B.c.) εἰς τὰς στάσεις with the editor’s note: see also Deissmann AS p. 158f., and cf. Sy// 790 (= %1157)8% (c. B.C. 100) ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ μὴ εἰσβάλλειν θ]ρέμματα νομῆς ἕνεκεν μηδὲ στάσεως. The usage in Ac 15”, 237» 10 = ‘‘strife,”’ ‘dissension,’”’ may be paralleled from P Rein 1815 (B.C. 108) ἐπ᾽ ἀδίκου στάσεως ἱστάμενος, “soulevant une querelle injuste,’’ P Strass I. 201° (iii/A.D.) where certain persons, who have been longat strife, agree στάσεις διαλύσασθαι, and P Oxy XVI. 18737 (late y/A.D.) ἔτι τὴν Δυκοπολιτῶν στάσιν καὶ μ[α]νίαν φίαντά]Copat, “1 still see in imagination the riots and madness at Lycopolis’’ (Edd.). See also P Lond 19127 (Claudius to the Alexandrines — A.D. 41) τῆς δὲ πρὸς ᾿Ιουδαίους ταραχῆς καὶ στάσεως, Ostr 11518 (ili/A.D. 2?) γράφω σοι τὴν στάσι(ν) περὶ τοῦ κλήρ(ου), and Menander Fragy. 5603 στάσις οἰκετῶν, “4 wrangle among house-slaves.”” In P Lond 1177383 (A.D. 113) (=TIII. p. 184) the word is used of a “shift”? of workmen.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
στάσις (stasis) — uprising. στάσις [ᾰ], εως, ἡ, (ἵστημι) placing, setting, (i.e. δικτύων) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; erection of a statue, εἰκόνος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
2. standing stone, pillar, [LXX]
3. erection, building, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ={ἐργαστήριον}, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II. (ἵστημι [Refs 4th c.BC+] weighing, αὕτη 'στὶ λοιπὴ σφῷν στάσις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; στάσις μισθοῦ the paying of the doctor's fee, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B (ἵσταμαι) standing, stature, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; standing still, stationariness, defined as ἀπόφασις τοῦ ἰέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rest, as a category of the intelligible, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; opposed to ἠρεμία, [Refs]; ὀμμάτων στάσιες fixed stare, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ὤτων pricking of the ears, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σ. τῆς γαστρός constipation, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; [τοῦ αἵματος] sluggishness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ ἀέρος,= νηνεμία, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.2 the place in which one stands or should stand, position, posture, station, ἔχοντες σ. ταύτην ἐς τὴν ἔστημεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέβης.. φυλάσσων τὴν ὑπὲρ πυρὸς σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἰδέσθαι.., τίν᾽ ἔχει σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς αὐτῆς ἠξιοῦτο σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. ἵππων,= ἱππόστασις, σταθμός, stable, stall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὴν σ. δὴ στάντες standing each in his place, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of military formation, κατάπυκνος σ. close order, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; row, ἀμπέλων [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.2.b position in relation to the compass, ἡ σ. ἤλλακτο τῶν ὡρέων [Refs 5th c.BC+] setting of a wind from a quarter, τῶν ἐτησίων ἤδη στάσιν ἐχόντων having set in, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; γίνεταί τις ἀνέμου σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.2.c of planetary connexion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __B.2.d metaphorically, from a boxer's position, ὥσπερ.. ὁρᾶτε τοὺς πύκτας περὶ τῆς σ. ἀλλήλοις διαγωνιζομένους, οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς.. ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως περὶ τῆς σ. (τάξεως codices, but[Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence, position taken up by a litigant (especially defendant), [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; issue, σ. ὁρική, νομική, λογική, etc., [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __B.2.e position, opinion of a philosopher, [Refs 1st c.AD+] __B.3 position, state, condition of a person, ἐν τῇ καλλίονι στάσει εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of moral, social, political position, μειρακιώδης [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; state of affairs, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἡ σ. τῆς νόσου [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.4 στάσις μελῶν, explained by [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II party, company, band, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.III especially party formed for seditious purposes, faction, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; αἱ τῶν Μεγαρέων σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.III.2 faction, sedition, discord, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; σκεπτομένων πόθεν ἡ σ. how the row began, [Refs]; στάσις ἐν ἀλλήλοισιν ὠροθύνετο a contest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς λόγου στάσιν ἐπελθών [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πόλεμος, [Refs 6th c.BC+] __B.III.3 division, dissent, στάσιν ἐνέσεσθαι τῇ γνώμῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ἔνι σ. there's no disputing it, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.III.4 metaphorically, τὰν ἀνέμων σ. [Refs 7th c.BC+] __B.IV στάσεις,= τὰ πεφυκότα σπέρματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.V statute, decree, [LXX]