Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
a standing (properly, the act), i.e. (by analogy) position (existence); by implication, a popular uprising; figuratively, controversy
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a setting; a standing; an effective position, an unimpaired standing or dignity, Heb. 9:8; a gathered party, a group; hence, a tumultuous assemblage, popular outbreak, Mk. 15:7; Acts 19:40; Lk. 23:19, 25; seditious movement, Acts 24:5; discord, dispute, dissension, Acts 15:2; 23:7, 10*
Translated in KJV as
dissensioninsurrectionX standinguproar
Etymology
from the base of G2476 (ἵστημι);
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