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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
97x 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.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 97 times in 94 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 am standing by the spring of water. Let the virgin who comes out to draw water, to whom I shall say, “Please give me a little water from your jar to drink,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:14 - Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses and he said, “Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:23 - Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this to heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:30 - But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the LORD God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:10 - “If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - I myself will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, to make my sanctuary unclean and to profane my holy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:5 - then I will set my face against that man and against his clan and will cut them off from among their people, him and all who follow him in whoring after Molech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:6 - “If a person turns to mediums and necromancers, whoring after them, I will set my face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:17 - I will set my face against you, and you shall be struck down before your enemies. Those who hate you shall rule over you, and you shall flee when none pursues you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it and shall camp around the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:14 - Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that we have met:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - Then Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood in the road against me. Now therefore, if it is evil in your sight, I will turn back.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:6 - And he returned to him, and behold, he and all the princes of Moab were standing beside his burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:17 - And he came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the LORD spoken?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16 - the oracle of him who hears the words of God,
and knows the knowledge of the Most High,
who sees the vision of the Almighty,
falling down with his eyes uncovered:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - Only the trees that you know are not trees for food you may destroy and cut down, that you may build siegeworks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:2 - And if he does not live near you and you do not know who he is, you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall stay with you until your brother seeks it. Then you shall restore it to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:33 - A nation that you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:36 - “The LORD will bring you and your king whom you set over you to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known. And there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:64 - “And the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:26 - and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the LORD. How much more after my death!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - And when the gate was about to be closed at dark, the men went out. I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:9 - and said to the men, “I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - Yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about 2,000 cubits[fn] in length. Do not come near it, in order that you may know the way you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.”

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“At the cost of his firstborn shall he
lay its foundation,
and at the cost of his youngest son
shall he set up its gates.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:5 - Then Boaz said to his young man who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:6 - And the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, “She is the young Moabite woman, who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - And the king said to the guard who stood about him, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because their hand also is with David, and they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king would not put out their hand to strike the priests of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:10 - So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown that was on his head and the armlet that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:3 - David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:34 - In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - And Elisha came again to Gilgal when there was a famine in the land. And as the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, “Set on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 - David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah-Hamath, as he went to set up his monument[fn] at the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - So now send me a man skilled to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, trained also in engraving, to be with the skilled workers who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12 - Hiram also said, “Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, who has discretion and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Now when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it (although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:13 - On the second day the heads of fathers’ houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the Law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind?
Why have you made me your mark?
Why have I become a burden to you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:2 - What you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:20 - You prevail forever against him, and he passes;
you change his countenance, and send him away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:21 - His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:22 - For I do not know how to flatter,
else my Maker would soon take me away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:2 - “Hear my words, you wise men,
and give ear to me, you who know;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 - Do you know the balancings[fn] of the clouds,
the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4 - “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.

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