What does ἔκστασις (ékstasis) mean in the Bible?
ἔκστασις (ékstasis): A mental state of being outside oneself, ranging from ecstatic trance to overwhelming amazement or shock.
Greek · G1611
ἔκστασις
Amazement
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ἔκστασις G1611
Pronunciation ékstasis
What does ἔκστασις (ékstasis) mean in the Bible?
ἔκστασις (ékstasis): A mental state of being outside oneself, ranging from ecstatic trance to overwhelming amazement or shock.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1611?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a trance (3), amazement (2), . . . (1), bewildered (1).
Where does ἔκστασις (ékstasis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 5:42. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (4), Mark (2), Luke (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 a trance 3× Acts 10:10, Acts 11:5, Acts 22:17
amazement 2× Luke 5:26, Acts 3:10
. . . 1× Mark 5:42
bewildered 1× Mark 16:8
Show sample aligned rows
Mark 5:42 ἐκστάσει to . . . Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Mark 16:8 ἔκστασις to bewildered Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Luke 5:26 ἔκστασις to amazement Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Acts 3:10 ἐκστάσεως to amazement Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Acts 10:10 ἔκστασις to a trance Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Acts 11:5 ἐκστάσει to a trance Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Acts 22:17 ἐκστάσει to a trance Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 5:42
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 3
Mark 2 Luke 1 Acts 4
Source forms
ἐκστάσει 3x ekstasei Mark 5:42, Acts 11:5, Acts 22:17
ἔκστασις 3x ekstasis Mark 16:8, Luke 5:26, Acts 10:10
ἐκστάσεως 1x ekstaseōs Acts 3:10
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 3x Mark 5:42, Acts 11:5, Acts 22:17
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 3x Mark 16:8, Luke 5:26, Acts 10:10
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Acts 3:10
Evidence Summary
Presence
Greek word. A mental state of being outside oneself, ranging from ecstatic trance to overwhelming amazement or shock.
Strong's G1611
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 3 forms 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 22:17-21 Source Gloss
amazement
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A mental state of being outside oneself, ranging from ecstatic trance to overwhelming amazement or shock.
(ἐξίστημι) [in LXX: Gen.27:33, 1Ki.14:15, Eze.26:16, al. (חֲרָדָה); 2Ch.14:14 17:10 20:29 (פַּחַד), al. ;]
1a displacement (Arist.).
2An abnormal condition of the mind, in which the subject passes out of his usual self-control (Hippocr.); in NT (Kennedy, Sources, 121 f.);
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 5:42 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἐκστάσει ekstasei
bewilderment, amazement
Read verse Mark 16:8 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἔκστασις· ekstasiv
bewilderment, amazement
Read verse Luke 5:26 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἔκστασις ekstasiv
bewilderment, amazement
Read verse Acts 3:10 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἐκστάσεως ekstasewv
bewilderment, amazement
Read verse Acts 10:10 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἔκστασις, ekstasiv
bewilderment, amazement
Read verse Acts 11:5 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἐκστάσει ekstasei
bewilderment, amazement
Read verse Acts 22:17 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἐκστάσει, ekstasei
bewilderment, amazement
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 3 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 3 Aligned forms 7 Case pattern Dative (3) Number pattern Singular (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Mark 16:8 · Luke 5:26 · Acts 10:10 3×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 3:10 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Mark 5:42 · Acts 11:5 · Acts 22:17 3×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
A state of astonishment or visionary experience.
Showing 1 selected witness from 7 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἔκστασις is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Marks the revelatory nature of Paul’s temple vision. Acts 22:17-21
Canonical Themes
Presence
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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