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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ἀκαταστασία G181
Pronunciation akatastasía
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] disorder 1× 2 Corinthians 12:20
[and] riots 1× 2 Corinthians 6:5
disorder 1× James 3:16
of disorder 1× 1 Corinthians 14:33
rebellions 1× Luke 21:9
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 21:9 ἀκαταστασίας to rebellions Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1 Corinthians 14:33 ἀκαταστασίας to of disorder Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2 Corinthians 6:5 ἀκαταστασίαις to [and] riots Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 2 Corinthians 12:20 ἀκαταστασίαι to [and] disorder Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural James 3:16 ἀκαταστασία to disorder Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 21:9
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Luke 1 1 Corinthians 1 2 Corinthians 2 James 1
Source forms
ἀκαταστασίας 2x akatastasias Luke 21:9, 1 Corinthians 14:33
ἀκαταστασία 1x akatastasia James 3:16
ἀκαταστασίαι 1x akatastasiai 2 Corinthians 12:20
ἀκαταστασίαις 1x akatastasiais 2 Corinthians 6:5
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Luke 21:9
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 1x 2 Corinthians 6:5
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 14:33
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural 1x 2 Corinthians 12:20
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x James 3:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Spiritual and social chaos resulting from lack of orderly control or proper authority structure
Strong's G181
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 5 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Corinthians 14:33 Source Gloss
disorder
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 21:9 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ἀκαταστασίας, akatastasiav
disturbance, upheaval, revolution
Read verse 1 Corinthians 14:33 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀκαταστασίας akatastasiav
disturbance, upheaval, revolution
Read verse 2 Corinthians 6:5 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ἀκαταστασίαις, akatastasiaiv
disturbance, upheaval, revolution
Read verse 2 Corinthians 12:20 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
ἀκαταστασίαι· akatastasiai
disturbance, upheaval, revolution
Read verse James 3:16 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀκαταστασία akatastasia
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 patterns 5 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine 2 Cor 12:20 1×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Jas 3:16 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 14:33 1×
Dative · Plural · Feminine 2 Cor 6:5 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Luke 21:9 1×
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
ἀκαταστασία is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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