ἘΝΣΤΑΣΗΣ, ἐνστασης
ENSTASĒS, enstasēs
Sounds Like: en-STA-sees
Translations: occurrence, presence, a presence, a standing in, an onset, an attack, an objection, an opposition
From the root: ΕΝΣΤΑΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of standing in or being present, often implying an occurrence or the arrival of something. It can also denote an onset or attack, or more abstractly, an objection or opposition. In the provided context, it seems to refer to the 'occurrence' or 'arrival' of a festival.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1763 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 14:312
- Book 4 — 8:209
- Book 5 — 2:172
- Book 8 — 9:230
- Book 9 — 10:223, 13:271
- Book 11 — 4:109
- Book 12 — 6:175, 6:217
- Book 13 — 2:46, 11:304
- Book 14 — 11:285, 13:338
- Book 17 — 9:213, 10:254
- Book 20 — 5:106
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 3:24
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΝΣΤΑΣΙΣ.
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.
- ἘΝΣΤΑΣΕΩΣ — of opposition, of objection, of contention, of a sudden attack
- ΕΝΣΤΑΣΙΣ — opposition, objection, resistance, difficulty, a difficulty
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