Original Word: ἵστημι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: histémi
Phonetic Spelling: (his'-tay-mee)
Definition: to make to stand, to stand
Usage: trans: (a) I make to stand, place, set up, establish, appoint; mid: I place myself, stand, (b) I set in balance, weigh; intrans: (c) I stand, stand by, stand still; met: I stand ready, stand firm, am steadfast.Word Origin
from a redupl. of the prim. root sta-
Definition
to make to stand, to stand
NASB Translation
brought (1), bystanders (1), bystanders* (1), came (1), came to a halt (1), come (1), confirmed (2), establish (3), fixed (1), hold (1), lying (1), make...stand (2), placed (1), put (1), put forward (2), set (4), stand (27), stand firm (4), standing (53), standing firm (1), stands (6), stood (27), stood still (1), stood upright (1), stop (1), stopped (5), taking his stand (1), weighed (1).

STRONGS NT 2476: ἵστημι

ἵστημι, more rarely ἱστάω (((from Herodotus down; cf. Veitch, under the word)) ἱσしぐまτたうῶμみゅーεいぷしろんνにゅー, Romans 3:31 R G) and ἱστάνω (((late; cf. Veitch, under the word)) ἱστάνομεν, Romans 3:31 L T Tr WH) (cf. Buttmann, 44f (38f); Winers Grammar, § 14,1f.; 87 (83); WHs Appendix, p. 168; Veitch, p. 337f); future στήσω; 1 aorist ἔστησα; 2 aorist ἔσしぐまτたうηいーたνにゅー, imperative σしぐまτたうῆθしーたιいおた, infinitive σしぐまτたうῆνにゅーαあるふぁιいおた, participle στάς; perfect ἕστηκα (with present force; Winer's Grammar, 274 (257)), infinitive ἑστάναι (Relz st bez G Tr ἑστάναι in Acts 12:14) (nowhere ἑστηκεναι), participle masculine ἑστηκώς with neuter ἑστηκός, and in the shorter form ἑστώς, ἑσしぐまτたうῶσしぐまαあるふぁ (John 8:9), with neuter ἑστώς and (L T Tr WH in Matthew 24:15 (here Rst also); Revelation 14:1) ἑστός (cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 208; (Rutherford, Babrius, p. 39f; Winers Grammar, § 14, 1 i.; Buttmann, 48 (41))); pluperfect εいぷしろんἱστήκειν ((but WH uniformly ἱσしぐまτたう.; see Iota) with force of imperfect Winer's Grammar, 274 (257)), 3 person plural εいぷしろんἱστήκεισαν (Matthew 12:46; John 18:18; Acts 9:7 and L T Tr WH in Revelation 7:11) and ἑστήκεσαν (Revelation 7:11 R G (cf. Winers Grammar, § 14, 1 a.; yet Buttmann, 43 (38))); passive, 1 aorist ἐστάθην; 1 future σταθήσομαι; 1 future middle στήσομαι (Revelation 18:15);

I. Transitively in the present, imperfect, future, and 1 aorist active; likewise in the tenses of the passive (cf. Buttmann, 47 (41) contra Winers Grammar, 252 (237)) (the Sept. for הֶעֱמִיד, הֵקִים, הִצִּיב); (from Homer down); to cause or make to stand; to place, put, set;

1. universally, αあるふぁ. properly, τたうιいおたνにゅーαあるふぁ, to bid to stand by (set up): Acts 1:23; Acts 6:13; in the presence of others: ἐνにゅー μέσῳ, in the midst, John 8:3, and ἐνにゅー τたうῷ μέσῳ, Acts 4:7; ἐνώπιον τίνος, Acts 6:6; before judges: εいぷしろんἰς αあるふぁὐτούς, before the members of the Sanhedrin, Acts 22:30; ἐνにゅー τたうῷ συνεδρίῳ, Acts 5:27; ἐπί with the genitive of the judge, passive σταθήσεσθε, Mark 13:9; τたうιいおたνにゅーαあるふぁ ἄμωμον κατενώπιον τίνος, to (set one i. e.) cause one to make his appearance faultless before etc. Jude 1:24; to place (i. e. designate the place for one to occupy): ἐνにゅー μέσῳ τたうιいおたνにゅーωおめがνにゅー, Matthew 18:2; Mark 9:36; πぱいαあるふぁῥ ἑαυτῷ, Luke 9:47; ἐκかっぱ δでるたεいぷしろんξくしーιいおたῶνにゅー, Matthew 25:33; ἐπί τί (accusative of place), Matthew 4:5; Luke 4:9. Middle to place oneself, to stand (German sichhinstellen,hintreten): ἀπό μακρόθεν, Revelation 18:15; likewise in the passive: σταθείς, Luke 18:11, 40; Luke 19:8; (ἐστάθησαν σκυθρωποί they stood still, looking sad, Luke 24:17 T WH Tr text (cf. II. 1 b. βべーた.)); Acts 2:14; Acts 11:13; with ἐνにゅー μέσῳ τίνος, τたうιいおたνにゅーωおめがνにゅー, added, Acts 17:22; Acts 27:21; σταθέντες, when they had appeared (before the judge), Acts 25:18. βべーた. tropically, to make firm, fix, establish: τί, τたうιいおたνにゅーαあるふぁ, to cause a person or thing to keep his or its place; passive to stand, be kept intact (of a family, a kingdom): Matthew 12:25ff; Luke 11:18; equivalent to to escape in safety, Revelation 6:17; with ἔμπροσθεν τたうοおみくろんῦ υうぷしろんἱοおみくろんῦ τたうοおみくろんῦ ἀνθρώπου added, Luke 21:36; σしぐまτたうῆσしぐまαあるふぁιいおた τたうιいおたνにゅーαあるふぁ, to cause one to preserve a right state of mind, Romans 14:4 (see Meyer); passive σταθήσεται, shall be made to stand, i. e. shall be kept from falling, ibid. τί, to establish a thing, cause it to stand, i. e. to uphold or sustain the authority or force of anything: Hebrews 10:9 (opposed to ἀναιρεῖνにゅー); τήν παράδοσιν, Mark 7:9; τήν ἰδίαν δικαιοσύνην, Romans 10:3; τόν νόμον (opposed to κατάργω), Romans 3:31 (τόν ὅρκον, Genesis 26:3; τήν διαθήκην, Exodus 6:4; 1 Macc. 2:27). equivalent to to ratify, confirm: σしぐまτたうαあるふぁθしーたῇ, σταθήσεται πぱいᾶνにゅー ῤῆμみゅーαあるふぁ, Matthew 18:16; 2 Corinthians 13:1. to appoint (cf. colloquial English set): ἡμέραν, Acts 17:31; cf. Grimm on 1 Macc. 4:59.

2. to set or place in a balance; to weigh: money to one (because in very early times, before the introduction of coinage, the metals used to be weighed) i. e. to pay, Matthew 26:15 (so in Greek writings from Homer down; cf. Passow, under the word, p. 1508b; (Liddell and Scott, under the word A. IV.); the Sept. for שָׁקַל, Isaiah 46:6; Jeremiah 39:9ff (ff); Zechariah 11:12; 1 Esdr. 8:25ff; etc.); this furnishes the explanation of the phrase μή στήσῃς αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῖς τήν ἁμαρτίαν ταύτην, do not reckon to them, call them to account for, this sin (A. V. lay not this sin to their charge), Acts 7:60 ((cf. Meyer at the passage)).

II. Intransitively in the perfect and pluperfect (having the sense of a present and an imperfect (see above)), also in 2 aorist active, to stand; the Sept. for נִצַּב עָמַד קוּם;

1. properly,

a. followed by prepositions or adverbs of place: followed by ἐνにゅー with the dative of place (cf. Buttmann, 329 (283)), Matthew 6:5; Matthew 20:3; Matthew 24:15; Luke 24:36; John 8:9; John 11:56; Acts 5:25; Acts 7:33 (L T Tr WH ἐπί with the dative); Revelation 5:6; Revelation 19:17; ἐνώπιον τίνος, Acts 10:30; Revelation 7:9; Revelation 8:2; Revelation 11:4; Revelation 12:4; πρός with the dative of place, John 18:16; ἐπί with the genitive of place (German auf, upon), Luke 6:17; Acts 21:40; Revelation 10:5, 8; with the genitive of the judge or tribunal, before (cf. ἐπί, A. I. 2 b.), Acts 24:20; Acts 25:10; πέραν with the genitive of place, John 6:22; πρό, Acts 5:23 (R G; but L T Tr WH ἐπί τたうῶνにゅー θしーたυうぷしろんρろーῶνにゅー (at, German an; cf. above and see ἐπί, A. I. 2 a.)); ; ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, before one as judge, Matthew 27:11; κύκλῳ (τίνος), around, Revelation 7:11; μέσος ὑμみゅーῶνにゅー, in the midst of you, living among you, John 1:26; ἐκかっぱ δでるたεいぷしろんξくしーιいおたῶνにゅー τίνος, Luke 1:11; Acts 7:55f; ἐνにゅー μέσῳ, John 8:9; πρός with the accusative (G L T Tr WH with the dative (see πρός, II.)) of place, John 20:11; ἐπί with the accusative of place (see ἐπί, C. I.), Matthew 13:2; Revelation 3:20; Revelation 7:1; Revelation 14:1; Revelation 15:2; ἐπί τούς πόδας, to stand upright, Acts 26:16; Revelation 11:11; παρά with the accusative, Luke 5:2; Luke 7:38; εいぷしろんἰς, John 21:4 (L T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading ἐπί (see ἐπί, C. I. 1 d.)); ἐκかっぱεいぷしろんῖ, Matthew 27:47; Mark 11:5; James 2:3; ὧδでるたεいぷしろん, Matthew 16:28; Matthew 20:6; Mark 9:1; Luke 9:27 (here T Tr WH αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ, which see); ὅπぱいοおみくろんυうぷしろん, Mark 13:14; ἔξくしーωおめが, Matthew 12:46, 47 (here WH in marginal reading only); Mark 3:31; Luke 8:20; Luke 13:25; μακρόθεν, Luke 18:13; Luke 23:49 (R G Tr text); ἀπό, μακρόθεν, Revelation 18:10, 17; (Luke 23:49 L T WH Tr marginal reading (but ἀπό in brackets)); πόρρωθεν, Luke 17:12.

b. absolutely; αあるふぁ. to stand by, stand near (in a place already mentioned, so that the reader readily understands where): Matthew 26:73; John 1:35; John 3:29; John 7:37; John 12:29; John 18:18, 25; John 20:14; Acts 16:9; Acts 22:25; with a participle or adjective (indicating the purpose or act or condition of the one standing): Matthew 20:6; Luke 23:10; Acts 1:11; Acts 9:7; Acts 26:6; opposed to καθίζειν, Hebrews 10:11f βべーた. if what is said to stand had been in motion (walking, flowing, etc.), to stop, stand still: Matthew 2:9 (Rec. ἔσしぐまτたうηいーた, L T Tr WH ἐστάθη (cf. I. 1 a.)); Matthew 20:32; Mark 10:49; Luke 8:44; Acts 8:38. γがんま. contextually, to stand immutable, stand firm, of the foundation of a building: 2 Timothy 2:19.

2. metaphorically,

a. to stand, i. e. continue safe and sound, stand unharmed: Acts 26:22.

b. to stand ready or prepared: with a participle, Ephesians 6:14.

c. to be of a steadfast mind; so in the maxim in 1 Corinthians 10:12.

d. followed by a participle of quality, Colossians 4:12; ὅς ἕστηκεν ἑδραῖος, who does not hesitate, does not waver, 1 Corinthians 7:37; in a figure, of one who vanquishes his adversaries and holds the ground, Ephesians 6:13; also of one who in the midst of the fight holds his position πρός τたうιいおたνにゅーαあるふぁ, against the foe, Ephesians 6:11 (cf. Exodus 14:13; Psalm 35:13 (). to persist, continue, persevere: τたうῇ πίστει, dative commodi (so as not to fall from thy faith (others take the dative instrumentally, by thy faith; cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 6 c.; Buttmann, § 133, 24)), Romans 11:20; ἐνにゅー τたうῇ ἀλήθεια, John 8:44 (where the meaning is, his nature abhors, is utterly estranged from, the truth; Vulg. incorrectly,inveritatenonstetit; Luther,istnichtbestanden (A. V. abode not etc.); but the Zürich version correctly,bestehtnicht (WH read ἔστηκεν, imperfect of στήκω, which see)); ἐνにゅー τたうῇ χάριτι, Romans 5:2; ἐνにゅー τたうῷ εいぷしろんὐαγγελίῳ, 1 Corinthians 15:1; εいぷしろんἰς ἥνにゅー (namely, χάριν) ἑστήκατε, into which ye have entered, that ye may stand fast in it, 1 Peter 5:12 (but L T Tr WH read σしぐまτたうῆτたうεいぷしろん (2 aorist active imperative 2 person plural) enter and stand fast; Buttmann, § 147, 16, cf. p. 329 (283)). Note: From ἕστηκα is formed the verb στήκω, which see in its place. (Compare: ἀνίστημι, ἐπανίστημι, ἐξανίστημι, ἀνθίστημι, ἀφίστημι, διΐστημι, ἐνίστημι, ἐξίστημι, ἐπιστημι (ἐπίστημαι), ἐφίστημι, κατεφιστημι, συνεφίστημι, καθίστημι, ἀντικαθίστημι, ἀποκαθίστημι, μεθίστημι, παρίστημι, περιΐστημι, προστημι, συνίστημι.)

cause to stand, establish, hold up

A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses); to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively) -- abide, appoint, bring, continue, covenant, establish, hold up, lay, present, set (up), stanch, stand (by, forth, still, up). Compare tithemi.

see GREEK tithemi

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