στάσις

στάσις, -εως, ἡ

(ἵστημι), [in LXX chiefly for עָמַד, its parts and derivatives, also for רִיב (Pr 1714), etc. (see Deiss., BS, 158 f.) ;]

1. a standing, place, status: σ. ἔχειν (Polyb., v, 5, 3; and cf. Lat. locum habere), Heb.9:8.

2. insurrection, sedition: Mrk.15:7, Luk.23:19, 25, Act.19:40 24:5.

3. In poets and late prose, strife, dissension (cf. MM, xxiii) Act.15:2 23:7, 10.†

(AS)