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Lexicon :: Strong's G1987 - epistamai

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ἐπίσταμαι
Transliteration
epistamai (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-is'-tam-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a middle voice of ἐφίστημι (G2186) (with νοῦς (G3563) implied)
mGNT
14x in 5 unique form(s) TR
14x in 5 unique form(s) LXX
96x in 44 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐπίσταμαι epístamai, ep-is'-tam-ahee; apparently a middle voice of G2186 (with G3563 implied); to put the mind upon, i.e. comprehend, or be acquainted with:—know, understand.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G1987 in the following manner: know (13x), understand (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G1987 in the following manner: know (13x), understand (1x).

  1. to put one's attention on, fix one's thoughts on, to turn one's self or one's mind to, put one's thought upon a thing

    1. to be acquainted with, to understand

    2. to know

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπίσταμαι epístamai, ep-is'-tam-ahee; apparently a middle voice of G2186 (with G3563 implied); to put the mind upon, i.e. comprehend, or be acquainted with:—know, understand.
STRONGS G1987:
ἐπίσταμαι (seems to be the Ionic form of the middle of ἐφίστημι. Isocrates, Aristotle, others, also use ἐπίστῆσαι τὴν διάνοιαν, τὸν νοῦν, ἑαυτόν for to put one's attention on, fix one's thoughts on; indeed, the simple ἐπιστῆσαι is used in the same sense, by an ellipsis analogous to that of τὸν νοῦν with the verbs προσέχειν, ἐπέχειν, and of τὴν ὄψιν with προσβάλλειν; see Lobeck ad Phryn., p. 281f. Hence, ἐπίσταμαι is properly, to turn oneself or one's mind to, put one's thought upon a thing); from Homer down; Sept. chiefly for יָדַע; (cf. German sich worauf verstehen);
a. to be acquainted with: τί, Acts 18:25; James 4:14; Jude 1:10; τινά, Acts 19:15; with reference to what is said or is to be interpreted, to understand: Mark 14:68; 1 Timothy 6:4.
b. to know: περί τινος, Acts 26:26; followed by an accusative with a participle Acts 24:10 [Winers Grammar, 346 (324); Buttmann, 301 (258)]; followed by ὅτι, Acts 15:7; Acts 19:25; Acts 22:19; followed by ὡς, Acts 10:28; by πῶς, Acts 20:18; by ποῦ, Hebrews 11:8. [Synonym: see γινώσκω.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
14:68
Acts
10:28; 15:7; 18:25; 19:15; 19:25; 20:18; 22:19; 24:10; 26:26
1 Timothy
6:4
Hebrews
11:8
James
4:14
Jude
1:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1987 matches the Greek ἐπίσταμαι (epistamai),
which occurs 96 times in 93 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 24:43–Job 38:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - behold, I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water, and it shall be that the damsel to whom I shall say, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - And Pharao spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father, and thy brethren, are come to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - And he set over them task-masters, who should afflict them in their works; and they built strong cities for Pharao, both Pitho, and Ramesses, and On, which is Heliopolis.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:14 - And the Lord was greatly angered against Moses, and said, Lo! is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he will surely speak to thee; and, behold, he will come forth to meet thee, and beholding thee he will rejoice within himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:23 - And Pharao turned and entered into his house, nor did he fix his attention even on this thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:30 - But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye have not yet feared the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:10 - And whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers abiding among you, shall eat any blood, I will even set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will destroy it from its people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from his people, because he has given of his seed to Moloch, to defile my sanctuary, and profane the name of them that are consecrated to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:5 - then will I set my face against that man and his family, and I will destroy him, and all who have been of one mind with him, so that he should go a whoring to the princes, from their people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:6 - And the soul that shall follow those who have in them divining spirits, or enchanters, so as to go a whoring after them; I will set my face against that soul, and will destroy it from among its people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:17 - And I will set my face against you, and ye shall fall before your enemies, and they that hate you shall pursue you; and ye shall flee, no one pursuing you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - And do thou set the Levites over the tabernacle of witness, and over all its furniture, and over all things that are in it; and they shall do service in it, and they shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:14 - And Moses sent messengers from Cades to the king of Edom, saying, Thus says thy brother Israel; Thou knowest all the distress that has [fn]come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - And Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, I have sinned, for I did not know that thou wert standing opposite in the way to meet me; and now if it shall not be pleasing to thee for me to go on, I will return.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:6 - And he returned to him, and moreover he stood over his whole-burnt-offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:17 - And he returned to him: and he also was standing by his whole-burnt-sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balac said to him, What has the Lord spoken?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16 - hearing the oracles of God, [fn]receiving knowledge from the Most High, and having seen a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were [fn]opened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:11 - Surely these men who came up out of Egypt from twenty years old and upward, who know good and evil, shall not see the land which I sware to give to Abraam and Isaac and Jacob, for they have not closely followed after me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - But the tree which thou knowest to be not fruit-bearing, this thou shalt destroy and cut down; and thou shalt construct a mound against the city, which makes war against thee, until it be delivered up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:2 - And if thy brother do not come nigh thee, and thou dost not know him, thou shalt bring it into thy house within; and it shall be with thee until thy brother shall seek them, and thou shalt restore them to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:33 - A nation which thou knowest not shall eat the produce of thy land, and all thy labours; and thou shalt be injured and crushed always.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:36 - The Lord carry away thee and thy princes, whom thou shalt set over thee, to a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers know; and thou shalt there serve other gods, wood and stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:64 - And the Lord thy God shall scatter thee among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other; and thou shalt there serve other gods, wood and stone, which thou hast not known, nor thy fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:26 - (LXX 29:25) and they went and served other gods, which they knew not, neither did he assign them to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - For I know thy provocation, and thy stiff neck; for yet during my life with you at this day, ye have been provoking in your conduct toward God: how shall ye not also be so after my death?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:9 - and she said to them, I know that the Lord has given you the land; for the fear of you has fallen upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - But let there be a distance between you and it; ye shall stand as much as two thousand cubits from it. Do not draw nigh to it, that ye may know the way which ye are to go; for ye have not gone the way [fn]before.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - And Joshua adjured them on that day before the Lord, saying, Cursed be the man who shall build that city: he shall lay the foundation of it in his first-born, and he shall set up the gates of it in his youngest son. And so did Hozan of Bæthel; he laid the foundation in Abiron his first-born, and set up the gates of it in his youngest [fn]surviving son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:6 - And the children of Juda came to Joshua in Galgal, and Chaleb the son of Jephone the Kenezite said to him, Thou knowest the word that the Lord spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Cades Barne.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:5 - And Booz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose is this damsel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:6 - And his servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel who returned with Noemin out of the land of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - And the king said to the footmen that attended on him, Draw nigh and slay the priests of the Lord, because their hand is with David, and because they knew that he [fn]fled, and they did not inform me. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priests of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:10 - So I stood over him and slew him, because I knew he [fn]would not live after he was fallen; and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was upon his arm, and I have brought them hither to my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:3 - And David smote Adraazar the son of Raab king of Suba, as he went to extend his power to the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:34 - And in his days Achiel the Bæthelite built Jericho: he laid the foundation of it in Abiron his first-born, and he set up the doors of it in Segub his younger son, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by Joshua the son of Naue.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - And Elisaie returned to Galgala: and a famine was in the land; and the sons of the prophets sat before him: and Elisaie said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 - And David smote Adraazar king of Suba of Emath, as he was going to establish power toward the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - (LXX 2:6) And now send me a man wise and skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in blue, and one that knows how to grave together with the craftsmen who are with me in Juda and in Jerusalem, which materials my father David prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12 - (LXX 2:11) And Chiram said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to king David a wise son, and one endowed with knowledge and understanding, who shall build a house for the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and Gesam the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no opening left therein; (but hitherto I had not set up the doors on the gates;)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:13 - And on the second day the heads of families assembled with all the people, also the priests and Levites, to Esdras the scribe, to attend to all the words of the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, O thou that understandest the mind of men? why hast thou made me as thine accuser, and why am I a burden to thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:2 - And I know all that ye too know; and I have not less understanding than you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:20 - Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:21 - and though his children be multiplied, he knows it not; and if they be few, he is not aware.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:22 - For I know not how to respect persons: and if otherwise, even the moths would eat me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:2 - Hear me, ye wise men; hearken, ye that have knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 - And he knows the divisions of the clouds, and the signal overthrows of the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4 - Where wast thou when I founded the earth? tell me now, if thou hast knowledge,

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