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It can refer to a trance or a profound state of amazement and wonder. In the context of the New Testament, it often implies a spiritual revelation or vision.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of ekstasis was not uncommon and was often associated with religious experiences, particularly in mystery religions and philosophical traditions. It was believed that during such states, individuals could receive divine messages or insights. In the Jewish and early Christian context, ekstasis was understood as a means by which God communicated with His people, often through visions or prophetic revelations.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>1611</b> <i>ékstasis</i> (from <a href="/greek/1839.htm">1839</a> <i>/eksístēmi</i>, "completely remove") – properly, take <i>out</i> of regular position (standing) and bring <i>into</i> a state of <i>ecstasy</i> (rapture) – like a person "carried out" in trance-like amazement. This state of mind reaches <i>far beyond</i> the powers of ordinary perception.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1839.htm">existémi</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a displacement (of the mind), i.e. bewilderment, ecstasy<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>amazement (1), astonishment (2), completely* (1), trance (3).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1611: ἔκστασις</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἔκστασις</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ἐκστάσεως</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">ἐξίστημι</span>); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> universally, in Greek writing, <span class="accented">any casting down of a thing from its proper place or state; displacement</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Aristotle</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>). <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">a throwing of the mind out of its normal state, alienation of mind,</span> whether such as makes a lunatic (<span class="greek2">διανοίας</span>, <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/28-28.htm">Deuteronomy 28:28</a>; <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">λογισμῶν</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, Sol. 8), or that of the man who by some sudden emotion is transported as it were out of himself, so that in this rapt condition, although he is awake, his mind is so drawn off from all surrounding objects and wholly fixed on things divine that he sees nothing but the forms and images lying within, and thinks that he perceives with his bodily eyes and ears realities shown him by God (<span class="abbreviation">Philo</span>,<span class="latin">quis</span><span class="latin">rerum</span><span class="latin">divin.</span><span class="latin">heres</span> § 53 (cf. 51; <span class="abbreviation">B. D.</span> under the word, Trance; Delitzsch, Psychol. 5:5)): <span class="greek2">ἐπέπεσεν</span> (<span class="manuref">Rec.</span>, others <span class="greek2">ἐγένετο</span>) <span class="greek2">ἐπ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἔκστασις</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/10-10.htm">Acts 10:10</a>; <span class="greek2">εἶδεν</span> <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκστάσει</span> <span class="greek2">ὅραμα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/11-5.htm">Acts 11:5</a>; <span class="greek2">γενέσθαι</span> <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκστάσει</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/22-17.htm">Acts 22:17</a>, cf. <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/12-2.htm">2 Corinthians 12:2</a>f. <p><span class="textheading">3.</span> In the O. T. and the New <span class="accented">amazement</span> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Longinus</span>, 1, 4; <span class="abbreviation">Stobaeus</span>, flor. tit. 104, 7), the state of one who, either owing to the importance or the novelty of an event, is thrown into a state of blended fear and wonder: <span class="greek2">εἶχεν</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτάς</span> <span class="greek2">τρόμος</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ἔκστασις</span>, <a href="/interlinear/mark/16-8.htm">Mark 16:8</a>; <span class="greek2">ἐξέστησαν</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκστάσει</span> <span class="greek2">μεγάλη</span>, <a href="/interlinear/mark/5-42.htm">Mark 5:42</a> (<a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/26-16.htm">Ezekiel 26:16</a>); <span class="greek2">ἔκστασις</span> <span class="greek2">ἔλαβεν</span> <span class="greek2">ἅπαντας</span>, <a href="/interlinear/luke/5-26.htm">Luke 5:26</a>; <span class="greek2">ἐπλήσθησαν</span> <span class="greek2">θάμβους</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκστάσεως</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/3-10.htm">Acts 3:10</a>; (for <span class="hebrew">חֲרָדָה</span>, trembling, <a href="/interlinear/genesis/27-33.htm">Genesis 27:33</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/14-15.htm">1 Samuel 14:15</a>, etc.; <span class="hebrew">פַּחַד</span>, fear, <a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/14-14.htm">2 Chronicles 14:14</a>, etc.).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>amazement, astonishment<p>From <a href="/greek/1839.htm">existemi</a>; a displacement of the mind, i.e. Bewilderment, "ecstasy" -- + be amazed, amazement, astonishment, trance. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1839.htm">existemi</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εκστασει εκστάσει ἐκστάσει εκστασεως εκστάσεως ἐκστάσεως έκστασιν εκστασις έκστασις ἔκστασις εκστραγγιείς εκστρατεύει ekstasei ekstásei ekstaseos ekstaseōs ekstáseos ekstáseōs ekstasis ékstasis<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/mark/5-42.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 5:42</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐξέστησαν εὐθὺς <b>ἐκστάσει</b> μεγάλῃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> old. And immediately <span class="itali">they were completely</span> astounded.<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with a great <span class="itali">astonishment.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/5-42.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> they were overcome immediately <span class="itali">with amazement</span> great<p><b><a href="/text/mark/16-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 16:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τρόμος καὶ <b>ἔκστασις</b> καὶ οὐδενὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for trembling <span class="itali">and astonishment</span> had gripped<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">were amazed:</span> neither<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/16-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> trembling and <span class="itali">amazement</span> and to none<p><b><a href="/text/luke/5-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 5:26</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Καὶ <b>ἔκστασις</b> ἔλαβεν ἅπαντας</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> struck <span class="itali">with astonishment</span> and [began] glorifying<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all <span class="itali">amazed,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/5-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> And <span class="itali">amazement</span> seized all<p><b><a href="/text/acts/3-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 3:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">θάμβους καὶ <b>ἐκστάσεως</b> ἐπὶ τῷ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with wonder <span class="itali">and amazement</span> at what had happened<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">amazement</span> at<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/3-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> with wonder and <span class="itali">amazement</span> at that which<p><b><a href="/text/acts/10-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 10:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπ' αὐτὸν <b>ἔκστασις</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> he fell <span class="itali">into a trance;</span><br><a href="/kjvs/acts/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> fell into <span class="itali">a trance,</span><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/10-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> upon him <span class="itali">a trance</span><p><b><a href="/text/acts/11-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 11:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἶδον ἐν <b>ἐκστάσει</b> ὅραμα καταβαῖνον</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> praying; <span class="itali">and in a trance</span> I saw<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and in <span class="itali">a trance</span> I saw a vision,<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/11-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I saw in <span class="itali">a trance</span> a vision descending<p><b><a href="/text/acts/22-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 22:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/22.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">με ἐν <b>ἐκστάσει</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that I fell <span class="itali">into a trance,</span><br><a href="/kjvs/acts/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> was in <span class="itali">a trance;</span><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/22-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I in <span class="itali">a trance</span><p><b><a href="/greek/1611.htm">Strong's Greek 1611</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1611.htm">7 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ekstasei_1611.htm">ἐκστάσει — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ekstaseo_s_1611.htm">ἐκστάσεως — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ekstasis_1611.htm">ἔκστασις — 3 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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