akatastasia: instability Original Word: ἀκαταστασία, ας, ἡ Part 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.
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. Word Origin from akatastatos Definition instability NASB Word Usage confusion (1), disorder (1), disturbances (2), tumults (1). 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).
commotion, confusion, tumult. From akatastatos; instability, i.e. Disorder -- commotion, confusion, tumult. see GREEK akatastatos
ἀκατάγνωστον — 1 Occ. ἀκατακαλύπτῳ — 1 Occ. ἀκατακάλυπτον — 1 Occ. ἀκατάκριτον — 1 Occ. ἀκατακρίτους — 1 Occ. ἀκαταλύτου — 1 Occ. ἀκαταπαύστους — 1 Occ. ἀκαταστασία — 1 Occ. ἀκαταστασίαι — 1 Occ. ἀκαταστασίαις — 1 Occ. ἀκατάστατον — 1 Occ. ἀκατάστατος — 1 Occ. Ἁκελδαμάχ — 1 Occ. ἀκέραιοι — 2 Occ. ἀκεραίους — 1 Occ. ἀκλινῆ — 1 Occ. ἤκμασαν — 1 Occ. Ἀκμὴν — 1 Occ. ἀκοαί — 1 Occ. ἀκοαῖς — 1 Occ.
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ἀκαταστασία — 1 Occ. ἀκαταστασίαι — 1 Occ. ἀκαταστασίαις — 1 Occ. ἀκαταστασίας — 2 Occ.
Luke 21:9 N-AFP BIB: 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 terrified1 Corinthians 14:33 N-GFS BIB: γάρ ἐστιν ἀκαταστασίας ὁ θεὸς NAS: for God is not [a God] of confusion but of peace, KJV: not [the author] of confusion, but INT: indeed he is of disorder the God 2 Corinthians 6:5 N-DFP BIB: φυλακαῖς ἐν ἀκαταστασίαις ἐν κόποις NAS: in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, KJV: imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, INT: imprisonments in riots in labours 2 Corinthians 12:20 N-NFP BIB: ψιθυρισμοί φυσιώσεις ἀκαταστασίαι NAS: gossip, arrogance, disturbances; KJV: whisperings, swellings, tumults: INT: gossip conceit disorder James 3:16 N-NFS BIB: ἐριθεία ἐκεῖ ἀκαταστασία καὶ πᾶν NAS: exist, there is disorder and every KJV: [is], there [is] confusion and INT: self-interest [are] there [is] disorder and every 5 Occurrences
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