Vincent Word Studies - Mark 5:42

Vincent Word Studies - Mark 5:42 - 5:42

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Astonishment (ἐκστάσει)

Better Rev., amazement, which carries the sense of bewilderment. Ἔκστασις, of which the English ecstasy is a transcript, is from ἐκ, out of, and ἵστημι, to place or put. Its primitive sense, therefore, is that of removal; hence of a man removed out of his senses. In Biblical Greek it is used in a modified sense, as here, Mar 16:8; Luk 5:26; Act 3:10, of amazement, often coupled with fear. In Act 10:10; Act 11:5; Act 22:17, it is used in the sense of our word ecstasy, and is rendered trance.