What does στάσις (stásis) mean in the Bible?
στάσις (stásis): Standing position that extends to strife, dissension, or open rebellion against authority.
Greek · G4714
στάσις
Uprising
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στάσις G4714
Pronunciation stásis
What does στάσις (stásis) mean in the Bible?
στάσις (stásis): Standing position that extends to strife, dissension, or open rebellion against authority.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4714?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include insurrection (3), [The] dispute (1), a dispute (1), dissension (1), engaging (1).
Where does στάσις (stásis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 15:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (5), Luke (2), Hebrews (1), Mark (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 insurrection 3× Mark 15:7, Luke 23:19, Luke 23:25
[The] dispute 1× Acts 23:10
a dispute 1× Acts 23:7
dissension 1× Acts 24:5
engaging 1× Acts 15:2
standing 1× Hebrews 9:8
with rioting 1× Acts 19:40
Show sample aligned rows
Mark 15:7 στάσει to insurrection Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Luke 23:19 στάσιν to insurrection Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 23:25 στάσιν to insurrection Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 15:2 στάσεως to engaging Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Acts 19:40 στάσεως to with rioting Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Acts 23:7 στάσις to a dispute Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Acts 23:10 στάσεως to [The] dispute Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Acts 24:5 στάσεις to dissension Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Hebrews 9:8 στάσιν to standing Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 15:7
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 4
Mark 1 Luke 2 Acts 5 Hebrews 1
Source forms
στάσεως 3x staseōs Acts 15:2, Acts 19:40, Acts 23:10
στάσιν 3x stasin Luke 23:19, Luke 23:25, Hebrews 9:8
στάσει 1x stasei Mark 15:7
στάσεις 1x staseis Acts 24:5
στάσις 1x stasis Acts 23:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 3x Luke 23:19, Luke 23:25, Hebrews 9:8
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 3x Acts 15:2, Acts 19:40, Acts 23:10
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Acts 24:5
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Mark 15:7
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 23:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Standing position that extends to strife, dissension, or open rebellion against authority.
Strong's G4714
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 5 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 15:1-5 Source Gloss
uprising
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 15:7 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
στάσει stasei
standing, place, dissension
Read verse Luke 23:19 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
στάσιν stasin
standing, place, dissension
Read verse Luke 23:25 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
στάσιν stasin
standing, place, dissension
Read verse Acts 15:2 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
στάσεως stasewv
standing, place, dissension
Read verse Acts 19:40 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
στάσεως stasewv
standing, place, dissension
Read verse Acts 23:7 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
στάσις stasiv
standing, place, dissension
Read verse Acts 23:10 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
στάσεως, stasewv
standing, place, dissension
Read verse Acts 24:5 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
στάσιν stasin
standing, place, dissension
Read verse Hebrews 9:8 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
στάσιν· stasin
standing, place, 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 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 9 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Singular (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Acts 23:7 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 15:2 · Acts 19:40 · Acts 23:10 3×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Mark 15:7 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 23:19 · Luke 23:25 · Heb 9:8 3×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Acts 24:5 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
Dissension or serious disagreement.
Additional Occurrences
Luke 23:13–25 στάσιν stásis
Insurrection, rebellion
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 9 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
στάσις is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Shows the gravity of doctrinal conflict. Acts 15:1-5
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