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ἔκστασις

ekstasis · amazement, trance

Greek word · Strong’s number G1611 · appears 7 times in the Bible

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What it means

ekstasis (ἔκστασις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “amazement, trance”.

Amazement; also a trance.

How to say it

eks·ta·sis

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Being beside oneself with surprise.
  2. A state in which one receives a vision.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • amazement ×3
  • trance ×3
  • astonishment ×1

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Mark 5:42

    And at once the girl got up and was walking; for she was twelve years old. And at once they were overcome with great amazement.

  • Mark 16:8

    And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. Shorter ending: And all that they had been commanded they reported briefly to those around Peter. And after these things Jesus himself also sent out through them, from east to west, the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen.

  • Luke 5:26

    And amazement seized them all, and they were glorifying God, and they were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen incredible things today.”

  • Acts 3:10

    and they recognized him, that he was the one who sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

  • Acts 10:10

    And he became hungry and wanted to eat; and while they were preparing it, a trance came upon him,

  • Acts 11:5

    “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, an object coming down like a great sheet let down by its four corners from heaven, and it came right up to me.

  • Acts 22:17

    And it happened, when I had returned to Jerusalem and while I was praying in the temple, that I fell into a trance