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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 2 / 2 (Job 38:20–Zec 1:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:20 - that you may take it to its territory
and that you may discern the paths to its home?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:33 - Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?
Can you establish their rule on the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3 - ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:13 - The woman Folly is loud;
she is seductive[fn] and knows nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:18 - But he does not know that the dead[fn] are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:21 - The lips of the righteous feed many,
but fools die for lack of sense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:22 - Do they not go astray who devise evil?
Those who devise good meet[fn] steadfast love and faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:2 - The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:17 - Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise,
and apply your heart to my knowledge,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 - When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:23 - Know well the condition of your flocks,
and give attention to your herds,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:7 - A righteous man knows the rights of the poor;
a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 - And I will restore your judges as at the first,
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness,
the faithful city.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:4 - And I will make boys their princes,
and infants[fn] shall rule over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:11 - And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:12 - And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:28 - “‘I know your sitting down
and your going out and coming in,
and your raging against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:20 - that they may see and know,
may consider and understand together,
that the hand of the LORD has done this,
the Holy One of Israel has created it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:22 - Let them bring them, and tell us
what is to happen.
Tell us the former things, what they are,
that we may consider them,
that we may know their outcome;
or declare to us the things to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:8 - You have never heard, you have never known,
from of old your ear has not been opened.
For I knew that you would surely deal treacherously,
and that from before birth you were called a rebel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:5 - Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know,
and a nation that did not know you shall run to you,
because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel,
for he has glorified you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18 - “For I know[fn] their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming[fn] to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 - “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:6 - Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - The priests did not say, ‘Where is the LORD?’
Those who handle the law did not know me;
the shepherds[fn] transgressed against me;
the prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after things that do not profit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:27 - Like a cage full of birds,
their houses are full of deceit;
therefore they have become great and rich;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:16 - I have not run away from being your shepherd,
nor have I desired the day of sickness.
You know what came out of my lips;
it was before your face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 - For I hear many whispering.
Terror is on every side!
“Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
say all my close friends,
watching for my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then we can overcome him
and take our revenge on him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:10 - “For thus says the LORD: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:11 - “Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for harm, to cut off all Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 - Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him[fn] run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - “Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:12 - “Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon;
make the watch strong;
set up watchmen;
prepare the ambushes;
for the LORD has both planned and done
what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:27 - “Set up a standard on the earth;
blow the trumpet among the nations;
prepare the nations for war against her;
summon against her the kingdoms,
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz;
appoint a marshal against her;
bring up horses like bristling locusts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:5 - And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and he said to me, “Say, Thus says the LORD: So you think, O house of Israel. For I know the things that come into your mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:12 - “Say now to the rebellious house, Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them, behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took her king and her princes and brought them to him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:3 - And utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD:
“Set on the pot, set it on;
pour in water also;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:19 - All who know you among the peoples
are appalled at you;
you have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - “Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day the cedar[fn] went down to Sheol I caused mourning; I closed the deep over it, and restrained its rivers, and many waters were stopped. I clothed Lebanon in gloom for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:3 - And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord GOD, you know.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:24 - In a dispute, they shall act as judges, and they shall judge it according to my judgments. They shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts, and they shall keep my Sabbaths holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:14 - Do not stand at the crossroads
to cut off his fugitives;
do not hand over his survivors
in the day of distress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:10 - So the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, ‘These are they whom the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:11 - And they answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, and said, ‘We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth remains at rest.’

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