Lexical Definition

‎στάσις‎ stásis (stas'-is) uprising ^G:N-F
from the base of ‎ἵστημι‎

dissension, insurrection, X standing, uproar.

• a standing (properly, the act), i.e. (by analogy) position (existence)
• by implication, a popular uprising
• figuratively, controversy

Abbott-Smith

στάσις, -εως, ἡ (< ἵστημι), [in LXX chiefly for עמד, its parts and derivatives, also for רִיב (Pr 17:14), etc. (v. Deiss., BS, 158 f.) ;]
1. a standing, place, status: σ. ἔχειν (Polyb., v, 5, 3; and cf. Lat. locum habere), He 9:8.
2. insurrection, sedition: Mk 15:7, Lk 23:19, 25, Ac 19:40 24:5.
3. In poets and late prose, strife, dissension (cf. MM, xxiii) Ac 15:2 23:7, 10.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

στάσις [ᾰ], εως, ἡ,

(ἵστημι) placing, setting, (i.e. δικτύων) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; erection of a statue, εἰκόνος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

__2 standing stone, pillar, [LXX]
__3 erection, building, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ={ἐργαστήριον}, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II (ἵστημι [Refs 4th c.BC+] weighing, αὕτη 'στὶ λοιπὴ σφῷν στάσις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; στάσις μισθοῦ the paying of the doctor's fee, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B (ἵσταμαι) standing, stature, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; standing still, stationariness, defined as ἀπόφασις τοῦ ἰέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rest, as a category of the intelligible, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; opposed to ἠρεμία, [Refs]; ὀμμάτων στάσιες fixed stare, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ὤτων pricking of the ears, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σ. τῆς γαστρός constipation, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; [τοῦ αἵματος] sluggishness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ ἀέρος,= νηνεμία, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.2 the place in which one stands or should stand, position, posture, station, ἔχοντες σ. ταύτην ἐς τὴν ἔστημεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέβης.. φυλάσσων τὴν ὑπὲρ πυρὸς σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἰδέσθαι.., τίν᾽ ἔχει σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς αὐτῆς ἠξιοῦτο σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. ἵππων,= ἱππόστασις, σταθμός, stable, stall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὴν σ. δὴ στάντες standing each in his place, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of military formation, κατάπυκνος σ. close order, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; row, ἀμπέλων [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.2.b position in relation to the compass, ἡ σ. ἤλλακτο τῶν ὡρέων [Refs 5th c.BC+] setting of a wind from a quarter, τῶν ἐτησίων ἤδη στάσιν ἐχόντων having set in, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; γίνεταί τις ἀνέμου σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.2.c of planetary connexion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.2.d metaphorically, from a boxer's position, ὥσπερ.. ὁρᾶτε τοὺς πύκτας περὶ τῆς σ. ἀλλήλοις διαγωνιζομένους, οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς.. ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως περὶ τῆς σ. (τάξεως codices, but[Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence, position taken up by a litigant (especially defendant), [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; issue, σ. ὁρική, νομική, λογική, etc., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.2.e position, opinion of a philosopher, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__B.3 position, state, condition of a person, ἐν τῇ καλλίονι στάσει εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of moral, social, political position, μειρακιώδης [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; state of affairs, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἡ σ. τῆς νόσου [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.4 στάσις μελῶν, explained by [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II party, company, band, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.III especially party formed for seditious purposes, faction, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; αἱ τῶν Μεγαρέων σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.2 faction, sedition, discord, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; σκεπτομένων πόθεν ἡ σ. how the row began, [Refs]; στάσις ἐν ἀλλήλοισιν ὠροθύνετο a contest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς λόγου στάσιν ἐπελθών [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πόλεμος, [Refs 6th c.BC+]
__B.III.3 division, dissent, στάσιν ἐνέσεσθαι τῇ γνώμῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ἔνι σ. there's no disputing it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.III.4 metaphorically, τὰν ἀνέμων σ. [Refs 7th c.BC+]
__B.IV στάσεις,= τὰ πεφυκότα σπέρματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.V statute, decree, [LXX]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Judg.9.6 ☩ LXX.Dan.6.7*}