Strong's Concordance akatastasia: instability Original Word: ἀκαταστασία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: akatastasia Phonetic Spelling: (ak-at-as-tah-see'-ah) Short Definition: disturbance, upheaval, revolution Definition: disturbance, upheaval, revolution, almost anarchy, first in the political, and thence in the moral sphere. HELPS Word-studies 181 akatastasía (from 1 /A "not," 2596 /katá, "down" and stasis, "status, standing," cf. 2476 /hístēmi) – properly, can not stand (remain steady); unsettled, unstable (in tumult); (figuratively) instability bringing on disorder (disturbance). 181 /akatastasía ("commotion") generates confusion (things being "out of control"), i.e. when "up for grabs." This uncertainty and tumult inevitably generates more instability. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 181: ἀκαταστασίαἀκαταστασία, (ας, ἡ (ἀκατάστατος), instability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion: 1 Corinthians 14:33; James 3:16; (Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 14, 1 [ET]; (Proverbs 26:28; Tobit 4:13)); plural disturbances, disorders: of dissensions, 2 Corinthians 12:20; of seditions, 2 Corinthians 6:5 (Cf. Meyer at the passage); of the tumults or commotions of war, Luke 21:9 (Polybius, Dionysius Halicarnassus). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance commotion, confusion, tumult. From akatastatos; instability, i.e. Disorder -- commotion, confusion, tumult. see GREEK akatastatos Forms and Transliterations ακαταστασια ακαταστασία ἀκαταστασία ακαταστασιαι ακαταστασίαι ἀκαταστασίαι ακαταστασιαις ακαταστασίαις ἀκαταστασίαις ακαταστασίαν ακαταστασιας ακαταστασίας ἀκαταστασίας akatastasia akatastasía akatastasiai akatastasíai akatastasiais akatastasíais akatastasias akatastasíasLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 1815 Occurrences ἀκαταστασία — 1 Occ. ἀκαταστασίαι — 1 Occ. ἀκαταστασίαις — 1 Occ. ἀκαταστασίας — 2 Occ. Luke 21:9 N-AFP GRK: πολέμους καὶ ἀκαταστασίας μὴ πτοηθῆτε NAS: of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified; KJV: of wars and commotions, be not INT: wars and commotions not be terrified 1 Corinthians 14:33 N-GFS 2 Corinthians 6:5 N-DFP 2 Corinthians 12:20 N-NFP James 3:16 N-NFS |