What does ἀκαταστασία (akatastasía) mean in the Bible?
ἀκαταστασία (akatastasía): Spiritual and social chaos resulting from lack of orderly control or proper authority structure
Greek · G181
ἀκαταστασία
Disorder
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ἀκαταστασίαG181
Pronunciationakatastasía
What does ἀκαταστασία (akatastasía) mean in the Bible?
ἀκαταστασία (akatastasía): Spiritual and social chaos resulting from lack of orderly control or proper authority structure
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G181?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [and] disorder (1), [and] riots (1), disorder (1), of disorder (1), rebellions (1).
Where does ἀκαταστασία (akatastasía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 21:9. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (2), 1 Corinthians (1), James (1), 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[and] disorder1×2 Corinthians 12:20
[and] riots1×2 Corinthians 6:5
disorder1×James 3:16
of disorder1×1 Corinthians 14:33
rebellions1×Luke 21:9
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 21:9ἀκαταστασίαςtorebellionsNoun - Accusative Feminine Plural1 Corinthians 14:33ἀκαταστασίαςtoof disorderNoun - Genitive Feminine Singular2 Corinthians 6:5ἀκαταστασίαιςto[and] riotsNoun - Dative Feminine Plural2 Corinthians 12:20ἀκαταστασίαιto[and] disorderNoun - Nominative Feminine PluralJames 3:16ἀκαταστασίαtodisorderNoun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 21:9
Aligned rows5
Books represented4
Luke11 Corinthians12 Corinthians2James1
Source forms
ἀκαταστασίας2xakatastasiasLuke 21:9, 1 Corinthians 14:33
ἀκαταστασία1xakatastasiaJames 3:16
ἀκαταστασίαι1xakatastasiai2 Corinthians 12:20
ἀκαταστασίαις1xakatastasiais2 Corinthians 6:5
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural1xLuke 21:9
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural1x2 Corinthians 6:5
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1x1 Corinthians 14:33
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural1x2 Corinthians 12:20
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular1xJames 3:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Spiritual and social chaos resulting from lack of orderly control or proper authority structure
Strong'sG181
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms5 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study link1 Corinthians 14:33Source Gloss
disorder
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Spiritual and social chaos resulting from lack of orderly control or proper authority structure
instability (MM, VGT, see word); hence, confusion, tumult: 1Co.14:33, Jas.3:16; pl. (Bl., §32, 6), Luk.21:9, 2Co.6:5, 12:20 (Polyb., al.; see Cremer, 739).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 21:9Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ἀκαταστασίας,akatastasiav
disturbance, upheaval, revolution
Read verse1 Corinthians 14:33Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀκαταστασίαςakatastasiav
disturbance, upheaval, revolution
Read verse2 Corinthians 6:5Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ἀκαταστασίαις,akatastasiaiv
disturbance, upheaval, revolution
Read verse2 Corinthians 12:20Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
ἀκαταστασίαι·akatastasiai
disturbance, upheaval, revolution
Read verseJames 3:16Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀκαταστασίαakatastasia
disturbance, upheaval, revolution
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 5 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 patterns5Aligned forms5Case patternNominative (2)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine2 Cor 12:201×
Nominative · Singular · FeminineJas 3:161×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine1 Cor 14:331×
Dative · Plural · Feminine2 Cor 6:51×
Accusative · Plural · FeminineLuke 21:91×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Confusion in worship: God is not associated with disorder but peace
Showing 1 selected witness from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
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