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ἔκστασις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκστασις ἐκστάσεως

Structure: ἐκστασι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)ci/sthmi

Sense

  1. displacement from proper place
  2. displacement of the mind: amazement, astonishment, bewilderment
  3. trance, ecstasy

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐπέβαλεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἔκστασιν ἐπὶ τὸν Ἀδάμ, καὶ ὕπνωσε. καὶ ἔλαβε μίαν τῶν πλευρῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνεπλήρωσε σάρκα ἀντ̓ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:21)
  • ἐξέστη δὲ Ἰσαὰκ ἔκστασιν μεγάλην σφόδρα καὶ εἶπε. τίσ οὖν ὁ θηρεύσασ μοι θήραν καὶ εἰσενέγκασ μοι̣ καὶ ἔφαγον ἀπὸ πάντων πρὸ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν σε καὶ εὐλόγησα αὐτόν, καὶ εὐλογημένοσ ἔσται. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:33)
  • καὶ ἐξήνεγκαν ἔκστασιν τῆσ γῆσ, ἣν κατεσκέψαντο αὐτὴν πρὸσ τοὺσ υἱοὺσ Ἰσραήλ, λέγοντεσ. τὴν γῆν, ἣν παρήλθομεν αὐτὴν κατασκέψασθαι, γῆ κατέσθουσα τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ ἐπ’ αὐτῆσ ἐστι. καὶ πᾶσ ὁ λαόσ, ὃν ἑωράκαμεν ἐν αὐτῇ, ἄνδρεσ ὑπερμήκεισ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 13:33)
  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. εἰπὸν δὴ πρὸσ αὐτήν. ἰδοὺ ἐξέστησασ ἡμῖν πᾶσαν τὴν ἔκστασιν ταύτην. τί δεῖ ποιῆσαί σοι̣ εἰ ἔστι λόγοσ σοι πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα ἢ πρὸσ τὸν ἄρχοντα τῆσ δυνάμεωσ̣ ἡ δὲ εἶπεν. ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ ἐγώ εἰμι οἰκῶ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 4:13)
  • καὶ ὠργίσθη ὀργῇ Κύριοσ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰούδαν καὶ τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοὺσ εἰσ ἔκστασιν καὶ εἰσ ἀφανισμὸν καὶ εἰσ συρισμόν, ὡσ ὑμεῖσ ὁρᾶτε τοῖσ ὀφθαλμοῖσ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 29:8)

Synonyms

  1. displacement from proper place

  2. displacement of the mind

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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