ἐπισύστασις
episystasis · pressure, crowd
Greek word · Strong’s number G1999 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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episystasis (ἐπισύστασις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “pressure, crowd”.
A crowd gathering, a disturbance; also pressure, care, oversight.
How to say it
e·pi·sys·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
- People banding together in an uproar against someone.
- A weight bearing down every day, giving no rest.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- pressure ×1
- stirring up ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 24:12
and neither in the temple did they find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, nor in the synagogues nor throughout the city;
- 2 Corinthians 11:28
Apart from the external things, there is the daily pressure on me, the anxiety for all the assemblies.