- ἔκστασις
- ἔκστασις, εως, ἡ (s. ἐξίστημι; Hippocr.+)① a state of consternation or profound emotional experience to the point of being beside oneself (‘distraction, confusion, perplexity, astonishment’ in var. aspects: Menand., Fgm. 149 Kock [=136, 2 Kö.] πάντα δὲ τὰ μηδὲ προσδοκώμενʼ ἔκστασιν φέρει; Περὶ ὕψους 1, 4; SIG 1240, 14; 1 Km 11:7; 2 Ch 14:13; Ps 30:23) amazement/astonishment ἐξέστησαν μεγάλῃ ἐκστάσει they were quite beside themselves w. amazement Mk 5:42 (cp. Gen 27:33; Ezk 26:16; 27:35 al.); ἔ. ἔλαβεν ἅπαντας Lk 5:26. [κατ]εῖχεν αὐτὰς ἔκστασις [μεγάλη] AcPl Ha 5, 29. W. τρόμος Mk 16:8. W. θάμβος Ac 3:10.② a state of being in which consciousness is wholly or partially suspended, freq. associated with divine action, trance, ecstasy (Galen XIX 462 K. ἔ. ἐστιν ὀλιγοχρόνιος μανία; Philo, Rer. Div. Her. 257; 258; 264; 265 [after Gen 2:21; 15:12], Vi. Cont. 40; Plotinus 6, 9, 11; PGM 4, 737; Just., D. 115, 3 ἐν ἐκστάσει [opp. ἐν καταστάσει]; Orig., C. Cels. 7, 3, 39) γενέσθαι ἐν ἐκστάσει fall into a trance Ac 22:17; ἐγένετο (ἐπέπεσεν v.l.) ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἔ. a trance came over him 10:10. Cp. 11:5.—ERohde, Psyche3 II 18ff; WInge, Ecstasy: EncRelEth V 157–59; ASharma, Ecstasy: EncRel V 11–17.—RAC IV 944–87. B. 1094. DELG s.v. ἵστημι. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.
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