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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διχοστασίαG1370
Pronunciationdichostasía
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 Itdivisions2×Romans 16:17, Galatians 5:20
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Usage map
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First aligned rowRomans 16:17
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Romans1Galatians1
Source forms
διχοστασίαι1xdichostasiaiGalatians 5:20
διχοστασίας1xdichostasiasRomans 16:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural1xRomans 16:17
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural1xGalatians 5:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Standing apart or division; active dissension that creates hostile separation within community.
Strong'sG1370
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkRomans 16:17-20Source Gloss
dissension
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 16:17Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
διχοστασίαςdicostasiav
division, dissension
Read verse1 Corinthians 3:3Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
διχοστασίαι,dicostasiai
division, dissension
Read verseGalatians 5:20Noun 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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · FeminineGal 5:201×
Accusative · Plural · FeminineRom 16:171×
Selected Scripture Witness
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New Testament Witnesses
Division, dissension.
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Word Origins
διχοστασία is built from these roots:
δίςG1364
Why This Word Matters
Identifies the destructive outcome of false teaching.Romans 16:17-20
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