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Strong's #4714 - στάσις
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- a standing, station, state
- an insurrection
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στάσις
[ ᾰ], εως, ἡ, ( ἵστημι )
placing, setting, (sc. δικτύων ) X. Cyn. 2.8, 9.16; τῶν κλιμάκων Plb. 5.60.7; erection of a statue, εἰκόνος IG 7.411.34 (Oropus, ii B.C. ); στήλης ib.22.654.59 (iii B.C.), 11(4).1023 (Delos, iii B.C. ).
2. standing stone, pillar, LXX Jd. 9.6 .
3. erection, building, PPetr. 3p.139 ( iii B.C., pl.); = ἐργαστήριον, Hsch.; so perh. in BGU 1122.18, 21 (i B.C.) .
II ( ἵστημι A. IV) weighing, αὕτη 'στὶ λοιπὴ σφῷν στάσις Ar. Ra. 1401; βολίμου SIG 241 A 28 (Delph., iv B.C. ); στάσις μισθοῦ the paying of the doctor's fee, Hp. Praec. 4; ἀπὸ τᾶν κοινᾶν ποθόδων . . ἐπιλυθῆμεν τοὺς ἐρρυτιασμένους στάσι IG 42(1).77.13 (Troezen, ii B.C. ). ( ἵσταμαι ) standing, stature, A. Eu. 36 (marg.M βάσιν ); standing still, stationariness, defined as ἀπόφασις τοῦ ἰέναι, Pl. Cra. 426d; opp. φορά, κίνησις, ib. 437a, 438c, Sph. 250a, 251d, Arist. Metaph. 1025b21, al.; rest, as a category of the intelligible, Plot. 6.2.8; opp. ἠρεμία, Id. 6.3.27; ὀμμάτων στάσιες fixed stare, Hp. Acut. ( Sp. ) 6; ς. ὤτων pricking of the ears, Poll. 5.61; ς. τῆς γαστρός constipation, Orib. inc. 13.6; [ τοῦ αἵματος ] sluggishness, Hp. Acut. ( Sp. ) 7; τοῦ ἀέρος,= νηνεμία, Thphr. Vent. 18, Gal. 9.908.
2. the place in which one stands or should stand, position, posture, station, ἔχοντες ς. ταύτην ἐς τὴν ἔστημεν Hdt. 9.21; λέβης . . φυλάσσων τὴν ὑπὲρ πυρὸς ς . A. Fr. 1; ἰδέσθαι . ., τίν' ἔχει ς . E. Fr. 308 (anap.), cf. Ar. Pl. 954; τὴν 'ινοῦς ς. ἑστάναι E. Ba. 925; τῆς αὐτῆς ἠξιοῦτο ς . D. 19.272; ς. ἵππων,= ἱππόστασις, σταθμός, stable, stall, E. Fr. 442; ὄνων ἵππων τε στάσεις Ephipp. 18; τῆς ς. παρασύρων . . τὰς δρῦς Ar. Eq. 527; κατὰ τὴν ς. δὴ στάντες standing each in his place, Antid. 2; of military formation, κατάπυκνος ς . close order, Ascl. Tact. 5.1; row, ἀμπέλων Tab.Heracl. 2.77, al., cf. BGU 1122.18, 21 ( i B.C., unless in signf. A. 1.3). position in relation to the compass, ἡ ς. ἤλλακτο τῶν ὡρέων Hdt. 2.26; ἡ ς. τοῦ νότου καὶ τῆς μεσαμβρίης ibid.; setting of a wind from a quarter, τῶν ἐτησίων ἤδη στάσιν ἐχόντων having set in, Plb. 5.5.3; γίνεταί τις ἀνέμου ς . Id. 1.48.2, cf. Arist. Mete. 362b33, Thphr. Sign. 35 (pl.); v. infr. 111.4 . of planetary connexion, Vett.Val. 38.17 . metaph., from a boxer's position, ὥσπερ . . ὁρᾶτε τοὺς πύκτας περὶ τῆς ς. ἀλλήλοις διαγωνιζομένους, οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς . . ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως περὶ τῆς ς. ( τάξεως codd., but cf. Quint. Inst. 3.6.3) αὐτῷ μάχεσθε Aeschin. 3.206: hence, position taken up by a litigant (esp. defendant), Cic. Top. 25.93; ἐπ' ἀδίκου ς. ἱστάμενος PRein. 18.16 (ii B.C.); issue, ς. ὁρική, νομική, λογική, etc., Hermog. Stat. 2, cf. Syrian. in Hermog. 2.55 R. position, opinion of a philosopher, Plu. Cic. 4, S.E. P. 2.48, 3.33, 37, al., Marcellin. Puls. 234 .
3. position, state, condition of a person, ἐν τῇ καλλίονι στάσει εἶναι Pl. Phdr. 253d; esp. of moral, social, political position, μειρακιώδης Plb. 10.33.6; ἰδιώτου Epict. Ench. 48; φιλοσόφου Arr. Epict. 3.15.13; ς. ἔχειν ἐν τῷ βίῳ ib. 1.21.1; state of affairs, Ostr. 1151.3 (iii A.D.); ἡ ς. τῆς νόσου Hp. Dieb.Judic. 10, cf. Mochl. 21 (pl.).
4. στάσις μελῶν, expld. by Sch. as = στάσιμον (q.v.), Ar. Ra. 1281 .
II party, company, band, A. Ag. 1117 (lyr.), Ch. 114, 458 (lyr.), Eu. 311 (anap.).
III esp. party formed for seditious purposes, faction, Thgn. 51, Hdt. 1.59, 60; ἐπεκράτησε τῇ στάσι ib. 173; αἱ τῶν Μεγαρέων ς . Th. 4.71 .
2. faction, sedition, discord, Thgn. 781, Sol. 4.19, Democr. 245, Th. 2.65; οἴκων Pi. N. 9.13, al., cf. Hdt. 5.28, al.; ς. ἀντιάνειρα Pi. O. 12.16; σκεπτομένων πόθεν ἡ ς . how the row began, Batr. 135; στάσις ἐν ἀλλήλοισιν ὠροθύνετο a contest, A. Pr. 202; ὅστις . . στάσιν ποιέοι περὶ γαδαισίας Berl.Sitzb. 1927.8 ( Locr., v B.C. ); εἰς λόγου στάσιν ἐπελθών S. Tr. 1180; ς. γλώσσης Id. OT 634; στάσει νοσοῦσα πόλις E. HF 34; τὰς ς. ἐποιοῦντο πρὸς ἀλλήλους Isoc. 4.79; στάσεις παύω X. Mem. 4.6.14; καταλύειν Ar. Ra. 359; πόλιν εἰς στάσιν ἐμβάλλειν X. Mem. 4.4.11; τὴν πόλιν εἰς στάσεις κατέστησαν Lys. 25.26; κατὰ στάσιν ἀποκτείνειν Id. 30.13; opp. πόλεμος, Pl. R. 470b, cf. Phd. 66c, Sol. l.c.; στάσεις καὶ διαστάσεις Arist. Pol. 1296a8 .
3. division, dissent, στάσιν ἐνέσεσθαι τῇ γνώμῃ Th. 2.20; οὐδ' ἔνι ς . there's no disputing it, A. Pers. 738 (troch.).
4. metaph., τὰν ἀνέμων ς . Alc. 18 (unless in signf. B. 1.2b ); ἀνέμων πνεύματα . . στάσιν ἀντίπνουν ἀποδεικνύμενα A. Pr. 1087 (anap.); ς. κυμάτων Ach. Tat. 3.2 . στάσεις,= τὰ πεφυκότα σπέρματα, Ar. Fr. 859 . statute, decree, LXX Daniel 6:7(8), 1 Maccabees 7:18 .
στάσις, στάσεως, ἡ (ἵστημι);
1. a standing, station, state: ἔχειν στάσιν, to stand, exist, have stability, Latinlocum habere (R. V. is get standing), Hebrews 9:8 (Polybius 5, 5, 3).
2. from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, an insurrection (cf. German Aufstand): Mark 15:7; Luke 23:19, 25; Acts 19:40 (see σήμερον, under the end); κινεῖν στάσιν (L T Tr WH στάσεις) τίνι (a mover of insurrections among i. e.) against (cf. Winer's Grammar, 208 (196)) one, Acts 24:5.
3. strife, dissension (Aeschylus Pers. 738; (Diogenes Laërtius 3, 51): Acts 15:2; Acts 23:7, 10.
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στάσσ , -εως , ἡ
(< ἵστημι ),
[in LXX chiefly for H5975, its parts and derivatives, also for H7378 (Pr 1714), etc. (v. Deiss., BS, 158 f.);]
1. a standing, place, status: σ . ἔχειν (Polyb., v, 5, 3; and cf. Lat. locum habere), Hebrews 9:8.
2. insurrection, sedition: Mark 15:7, Luke 23:19; Luke 23:25, Acts 19:40; Acts 24:5.
3. In poets and late prose, strife, dissension (cf. MM, xxiii) Acts 15:2; Acts 23:7; Acts 23:10.†
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For συνλαλέω, ";talk together with,"; c. dat. pers., as in Mark 9:4 al., cf. P Hib I. 66.4 (B.C. 228) συνλαλήσω σοι, ";I will have a conversation with you,"; P Eleph 29.5 (iii/B.C.) περὶ ὧν σοι συνελάλησα σοι (sic) ἐ ̣χ ̣θ ̣ές, and CPR I. 18.23 (A.D. 124) Βλαίσιος. . . συλλαλήσας Ἀρτε [μι ]δ [ώρῳ τ ]ῷ νομ [ι ]κῷ [π ]ε [ρὶ το ]ῦ πράγματος. See also from the inscrr. OGIS 229.23 (mid. iii/B.C.) συνλελαλήκασιν ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων ἀκολ [ού ]θως τοῖς ἐν τῇ ὁμολογίαι γεγραμμένοις.
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