Acts 23:7:6Acts.23.7.W6TAB
στάσις
stasis
“a dissension”
- Transliteration
- STA-sis
- Extended
- STAH-sihs
- IPA
- /ˈsta.sis/
Meaning by language
- English
- a dissension
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
STA-sis
- sentence
TOU-to de au-TOU la-LOUN-tos e-GE-ne-to STA-sis tôn pha-ri-SAI-ōn kai sad-dou-kai-ŌN kai e-SKHI-sthê to PLÊ-thos
Exegesis
The aorist middle verb egeneto {ἐγένετο | e-gé-ne-to} functions idiomatically as “there came to be,” introducing the event and taking stasis {στάσις | stá-sis} “dissension” as its subject, so that the focus rests on the sudden emergence of conflict.
Root and etymology
histemieta–iota–sigma–tau–eta–mu–iota
“to cause to stand, set, establish”
In context — Acts 23:7
But as he was saying this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the crowd was divided.
About this coordinate
Acts 23:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 23:7, so the Greek word στάσις (stasis) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.23.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.7.W6.S1) and character.