ἘΚΣΤΑΝΤΑ, ἐκσταντα
EKSTANTA, ekstanta
Sounds Like: ek-STAN-tah
Translations: those who stood out, those who were amazed, those who were astonished, those who were beside themselves
From the root: ΕΚΙΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound participle derived from the verb ἐκ-ἵστημι (ek-histēmi), meaning 'to stand out from', 'to displace', or 'to be amazed/astonished'. In its participle form, it describes someone who has been put out of their normal state, often implying astonishment, amazement, or being beside oneself due to an overwhelming experience. It can refer to individuals who are so overwhelmed that they are 'standing out' from their usual composure or state of mind.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Accusative, Plural, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1839 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 7:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΙΣΤΗΜΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΚΣΤΗΝΑΙ — to stand out, to be amazed, to be astonished, to be beside oneself, to be out of one's mind, to yield, to give way
- ΕΚΣΤΗΣΕΤΑΙ — he will be amazed, she will be amazed, it will be amazed, he will be astonished, she will be astonished, it will be astonished, he will be beside himself, she will be beside herself, it will be beside itself, he will be out of his mind, she will be out of her mind, it will be out of its mind
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