Word Study · Strong's G1611 · Greek
ἔκστασις
ekstasis
ek'-stas-is
Strong's 1890 spelling: ékstasis
“a displacement of the mind, i.e. bewilderment, "ecstasy"”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a displacement of the mind, i.e. bewilderment, "ecstasy"
Rendered in the KJV as
+ be amazed, amazement, astonishment, trance.
- 7occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- ἐκστάσει3
- ἐκστάσεως1
- ἔκστασις1
- ἔκστασις,1
- ἔκστασις.1
How it is rendered · 5
- a trance2
- amazement2
- a trance,1
- amazement.1
- with amazement1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular3
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular3
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-DSF · 3
- N-NSF · 3
- N-GSF · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Mark2 occurrences
- Mark 5:42ἐκστάσειekstaseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularImmediately the girl got up and began to walk around. She was twelve years old, and at once they were utterly astounded.here: with amazement
- Mark 16:8ἔκστασις.ekstasisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularSo the women left the tomb and ran away, trembling and bewildered. And in their fear they did not say a word to anyone.here: amazement.
Acts4 occurrences
- Acts 3:10ἐκστάσεωςekstaseōsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularthey recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.here: amazement
- Acts 10:10ἔκστασις,ekstasisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularHe became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.here: a trance,
- Acts 11:5ἐκστάσειekstaseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.here: a trance
- Acts 22:17ἐκστάσειekstaseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularLater, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trancehere: a trance