Word Summary
dichostasia: standing apart, dissension
Original Word: διχοστασίαTransliteration: dichostasia
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-khos-tas-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: standing apart, dissension
Meaning: standing apart, dissension
Strong's Concordance
division, sedition.
From a derivative of dis and stasis; disunion, i.e. (figuratively) dissension -- division, sedition.
see GREEK dis
see GREEK stasis
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1370: διχοστασίαδιχοστασία,
διχοστασίας,
ἡ (
διχοστατέωto stand apart),
dissension, division; plural:
Romans 16:17;
1 Corinthians 3:3 (
Rec.);
Galatians 5:20. (Occasionally in Greek writings from
Solon in
Demosthenes, p. 423, 4 and
Herodotus 5, 75 on; (1 Macc. 3:29).)