What does διχοστασία (dichostasía) mean in the Bible?
διχοστασία (dichostasía): Standing apart or division; active dissension that creates hostile separation within community.
Greek · G1370
διχοστασία
Dissension
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διχοστασία G1370
Pronunciation dichostasía
What does διχοστασία (dichostasía) mean in the Bible?
διχοστασία (dichostasía): Standing apart or division; active dissension that creates hostile separation within community.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1370?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include divisions (2).
Where does διχοστασία (dichostasía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 16:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Galatians (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It divisions 2× Romans 16:17, Galatians 5:20
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Usage map
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First aligned row Romans 16:17
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Romans 1 Galatians 1
Source forms
διχοστασίαι 1x dichostasiai Galatians 5:20
διχοστασίας 1x dichostasias Romans 16:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Romans 16:17
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural 1x Galatians 5:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Standing apart or division; active dissension that creates hostile separation within community.
Strong's G1370
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Romans 16:17-20 Source Gloss
dissension
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 16:17 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
διχοστασίας dicostasiav
division, dissension
Read verse 1 Corinthians 3:3 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
διχοστασίαι, dicostasiai
division, dissension
Read verse Galatians 5:20 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
διχοστασίαι, dicostasiai
division, dissension
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Gal 5:20 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Rom 16:17 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
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New Testament Witnesses
Division, dissension.
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Word Origins
διχοστασία is built from these roots:
δίς G1364
Why This Word Matters
Identifies the destructive outcome of false teaching. Romans 16:17-20
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain