King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1999
Transliteration: episystasis
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-soo'-stas-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: conspiracy
Meaning: conspiracy
ἐπισύστασις, ἐπισυστασεως, ἡ (ἐπισυνισταμαι to collect together, conspire against) a gathering together or combining against or at. Hence,
Word Summary
episystasis: conspiracy
Original Word: ἐπισύστασιςTransliteration: episystasis
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-soo'-stas-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: conspiracy
Meaning: conspiracy
Strong's Concordance
conspiracyFrom the middle voice of a compound of epi and sunistao; a conspiracy, i.e. Concourse (riotous or friendly) -- that which cometh upon, + raising up.
see GREEK epi
see GREEK sunistao
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1999: ἐπισύστασιςἐπισύστασις, ἐπισυστασεως, ἡ (ἐπισυνισταμαι to collect together, conspire against) a gathering together or combining against or at. Hence,
1. a hostile banding together or concourse: ποιεῖν ἐπισύστασιν, to excite a riotous gathering of the people, make a mob, Acts 24:12 R G; 1 Esdr. 5:70 Alex.; Sextus Empiricus, adv. eth., p. 127 (p. 571, 20 edition, Bekker; cf. Philo in Flac. § 1); τίνος, against one, Numbers 26:9; a conspiracy, Josephus, contra Apion 1, 20.
2. a troublesome throng of persons seeking help, counsel, comfort: τίνος, thronging to one, 2 Corinthians 11:28 R G (see ἐπίστασις); Luther,dassichwerdeangelaufen.