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)

a standing, place, status; insurrection, sedition; strife, dissension