stoppage

ἐπί-στασις, -εως, ἡ (ἐφίστημι), [in LXX: 2Ma.6:3 *;] 1) a stopping, halting (as of soldiers): ὄχλου, collecting a crowd (see Rack-ham, Acts, l.with): Act.24:12 (WH, Rec. ἐπισύστασις). 2) superintendence, attention (but see Thayer, see word; Field, Notes, 185 f.): 2Co.11:28 (WH, Rec. ut supr.). (AS)

stoppage

ἐπίστᾰσις, εως, ἡ, (ἐφίστημι) stopping, stoppage, [τῆς κοιλίης], οὔρου, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. αἵματος sluggishness of the flow of blood, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the growth of trees, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἐπίστασιν τῶν ἄλλων as a deterrent to others, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 2). violence, vehemence, ἐπαινεῖ τὴν Ζήνωνος πραγματείαν μετὰ δή τινος λαμπρᾶς ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] II). (ἐφίσταμαι) stopping, halt, τοῦ στρατεύματος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φροντίδων ἐπιστάσεις haltings of thought, anxious thoughts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to κίνησις, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.b). ἐπίστασιν ἔχει, πῶς. there is a difficulty, as to how, [Refs] II.2). stopping to examine a thing, observation, attention, τοῦτ᾽ ἄξιον ἐπιστάσεως, εἰ. [Refs]; μετὰ ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; μετὰ πολλῆς ἐ. καὶ φιλοτιμίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄγειν τινὰ εἰς ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐξ ἐ. ῥητέον carefully, [Refs]; medical treatment, care, πρὸς φλεγμονήν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: generally, care, attention, [Refs 1st c.BC+] II.3). ={ἐπιστασία} 11, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; κατὰ τὴν ἐ. during his term as ἐπιστάτης, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἔργων superintendence of works, [NT+5th c.BC+]; oversight of students, [Refs 1st c.BC+] II.4). beginning, ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι ἀπὸ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἡ ἐ. τῆς ἱστορίας introduction, [Refs]; ἀρχὴ καὶ ἐ. τῆς κατασκευῆς method of setting about construction, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] II.5). scum on urine, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.6). position in rear, τὴν ἐ. ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλοις ἔχειν one behind the other, of ships, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II.7). ={μέρος τι τῆς νεώς}, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; compare ἐπιστατήρ. III). onset, [LXX+NT] IV). ἐν ἐπιστάσει καὶ ἐν ἀπολογισμῷ, perhaps of land of which the rent has been raised, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] V). [Refs 5th c.AD+]