"pr. instability; hence, an unsettled state; disorder, commotion, tumult, sedition, Lk. 21:9; 1 Cor. 14:33; 2 Cor. 6:5; 12:20; Jas. 3:16*"
Definition and meaning
pr. instability; hence, an unsettled state; disorder, commotion, tumult, sedition, Lk. 21:9; 1 Cor. 14:33; 2 Cor. 6:5; 12:20; Jas. 3:16*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἀκαταστασία
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of akatastasia (G181) across the King James Bible.
But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
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Common questions
Strong's G181 (akatastasia) is a Greek word that means: pr. instability; hence, an unsettled state; disorder, commotion, tumult, sedition, Lk. 21:9; 1 Cor. 14:33; 2 Cor. 6:5; 12:20; Jas. 3:16* It appears 5 times in the King James Bible.
The word akatastasia (G181) appears 5 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G181 is akatastasia, a Greek word defined as: pr. instability; hence, an unsettled state; disorder, commotion, tumult, sedition, Lk. 21:9; 1 Cor. 14:33; 2 Cor. 6:5; 12:20; Jas. 3:16*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
akatastasia is a Greek word found in the New Testament.