181. akatastasia

Strong's Concordance

akatastasia: instability

Original Word: ἀκαταστασία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: akatastasia
Phonetic Spelling: (ak-at-as-tah-see'-ah)
Definition: instability
Usage: 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.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from akatastatos
Definition
instability
NASB Translation
confusion (1), disorder (1), disturbances (2), tumults (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 181: ἀκαταστασία

ἀκαταστασία, (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 akatastasías

Englishman's Concordance

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
GRK: 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
GRK: 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
GRK: ψιθυρισμοί φυσιώσεις ἀκαταστασίαι
NAS: gossip, arrogance, disturbances;
KJV: whisperings, swellings, tumults:
INT: gossip conceit disorder

James 3:16 N-NFS
GRK: 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

Strong's Greek 181
5 Occurrences

ἀκαταστασία — 1 Occ.
ἀκαταστασίαι — 1 Occ.
ἀκαταστασίαις — 1 Occ.
ἀκαταστασίας — 2 Occ.