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Lexicon :: Strong's G2476 - histēmi

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ἵστημι
Transliteration
histēmi (Key)
Pronunciation
his'-tay-mee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A prolonged form of a primary stao {stah'-o} (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses)
mGNT
155x in 51 unique form(s)
TR
155x in 54 unique form(s)
LXX
587x in 70 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:638,1082

Strong’s Definitions

ἵστημι hístēmi, his'-tay-mee; a prolonged form of a primary στάω stáō 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 G5087.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 158x

The KJV translates Strong's G2476 in the following manner: stand (116x), set (11x), establish (5x), stand still (4x), stand by (3x), miscellaneous (17x), variations of 'stand' (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 158x
The KJV translates Strong's G2476 in the following manner: stand (116x), set (11x), establish (5x), stand still (4x), stand by (3x), miscellaneous (17x), variations of 'stand' (2x).
  1. to cause or make to stand, to place, put, set

    1. to bid to stand by, [set up]

      1. in the presence of others, in the midst, before judges, before members of the Sanhedrin;

      2. to place

    2. to make firm, fix establish

      1. to cause a person or a thing to keep his or its place

      2. to stand, be kept intact (of family, a kingdom), to escape in safety

      3. to establish a thing, cause it to stand

        1. to uphold or sustain the authority or force of anything

    3. to set or place in a balance

      1. to weigh: money to one (because in very early times before the introduction of coinage, the metals used to be weighed)

  2. to stand

    1. to stand by or near

      1. to stop, stand still, to stand immovable, stand firm

        1. of the foundation of a building

    2. to stand

      1. continue safe and sound, stand unharmed, to stand ready or prepared

      2. to be of a steadfast mind

      3. of quality, one who does not hesitate, does not waiver

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἵστημι hístēmi, his'-tay-mee; a prolonged form of a primary στάω stáō 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 G5087.
STRONGS G2476:
ἵστημι, more rarely ἱστάω (((from Herodotus down; cf. Veitch, under the word)) ἱστῶμεν, 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 ἔστην, imperative στῆθι, infinitive στῆναι, 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, ἑστῶσα (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 εἱστήκειν ((but WH uniformly ἱστ.; see Iota) with force of imperfect Winer's Grammar, 274 (257)), 3 person plural εἱστήκεισαν (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. properly, τινα, to bid to stand by (set up): Acts 1:23; Acts 6:13; in the presence of others: ἐν μέσῳ, in the midst, John 8:3, and ἐν τῷ μέσῳ, Acts 4:7; ἐνώπιον τίνος, Acts 6:6; before judges: εἰς αὐτούς, before the members of the Sanhedrin, Acts 22:30; ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ, Acts 5:27; ἐπί with the genitive of the judge, passive σταθήσεσθε, Mark 13:9; τινα 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 μέσῳ τινων, Matthew 18:2; Mark 9:36; παῥ ἑαυτῷ, Luke 9:47; ἐκ δεξιῶν, Matthew 25:33; ἐπί τί (accusative of place), Matthew 4:5; Luke 4:9. Middle to place oneself, to stand (German sich hinstellen, 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.)); Acts 2:14; Acts 11:13; with ἐν μέσῳ τίνος, τινων, added, Acts 17:22; Acts 27:21; σταθέντες, when they had appeared (before the judge), Acts 25:18.
β. tropically, to make firm, fix, establish: τί, τινα, 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 τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου added, Luke 21:36; στῆσαι τινα, 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); 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: σταθῇ, σταθήσεται πᾶν ῤῆμα, 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 (Jer. 32:9ff); Zechariah 11:12; 1 Esdr. 8:25ff; etc.); this furnishes the explanation of the phrase μή στήσῃς αὐτοῖς 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 Septuagint for נִצַּב עָמַד קוּם;
1. properly,
a. followed by prepositions or adverbs of place: followed by ἐν 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 τῶν θυρῶν (at, German an; cf. above and see ἐπί, A. I. 2 a.)); Acts 12:14; ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, before one as judge, Matthew 27:11; κύκλῳ (τίνος), around, Revelation 7:11; μέσος ὑμῶν, in the midst of you, living among you, John 1:26; ἐκ δεξιῶν τίνος, Luke 1:11; Acts 7:55f; ἐν 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; εἰς, John 21:4 (L T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading ἐπί (see ἐπί, C. I. 1 d.)); ἐκεῖ, Matthew 27:47; Mark 11:5; James 2:3; ὧδε, Matthew 16:28; Matthew 20:6; Mark 9:1; Luke 9:27 (here T Tr WH αὐτοῦ, which see); ὅπου, Mark 13:14; ἔξω, 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. 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. if what is said to stand had been in motion (walking, flowing, etc.), to stop, stand still: Matthew 2:9 (Rec. ἔστη, L T Tr WH ἐστάθη (cf. I. 1 a.)); Matthew 20:32; Mark 10:49; Luke 8:44; Acts 8:38.
γ. 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 τινα, against the foe, Ephesians 6:11 (cf. Exodus 14:13; [Psalm 36:12] Ps. 35:13 (Ps. 36:13)). to persist, continue, persevere: τῇ 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 τῇ ἀλήθεια, John 8:44 (where the meaning is, his nature abhors, is utterly estranged from, the truth; Vulg. incorrectly, in veritate non stetit; Luther, ist nicht bestanden (A. V. abode not etc.); but the Zürich version correctly, besteht nicht (WH read ἔστηκεν, imperfect of στήκω, which see)); ἐν τῇ χάριτι, Romans 5:2; ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ, 1 Corinthians 15:1; εἰς ἥν (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 στῆτε (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.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
26:3
Exodus
1; 6:4; 14:13
Psalms
36:12
Isaiah
46:6
Jeremiah
32:9; 39:9
Zechariah
1; 11:12
Matthew
2:9; 4:5; 6:5; 12:25; 12:46; 12:46; 12:47; 13:2; 16:28; 18:2; 18:16; 20:3; 20:6; 20:6; 20:32; 24:15; 24:15; 25:33; 26:15; 26:73; 27:11; 27:47
Mark
3:31; 7:9; 9:1; 9:36; 10:49; 11:5; 13:9; 13:14
Luke
1:11; 4:9; 5:2; 6:17; 7:38; 8:20; 8:44; 9:27; 9:47; 11:18; 13:25; 17:12; 18:11; 18:13; 18:40; 19:8; 21:36; 23:10; 23:49; 23:49; 24:17; 24:36
John
1:26; 1:35; 3:29; 6:22; 7:37; 8:3; 8:9; 8:9; 8:9; 8:44; 11:56; 12:29; 18:16; 18:18; 18:18; 18:25; 20:11; 20:14; 21:4
Acts
1:11; 1:23; 2:14; 4:7; 5:23; 5:25; 5:27; 6:6; 6:13; 7:33; 7:55; 7:60; 8:38; 9:7; 9:7; 10:30; 11:13; 12:14; 12:14; 16:9; 17:22; 17:31; 21:40; 22:25; 22:30; 24:20; 25:10; 25:18; 26:6; 26:16; 26:22; 27:21
Romans
3:31; 3:31; 3:31; 5:2; 10:3; 11:20; 14:4
1 Corinthians
7:37; 10:12; 15:1
2 Corinthians
13:1
Ephesians
6:11; 6:13; 6:14
Colossians
4:12
2 Timothy
2:19
Hebrews
10:9; 10:11
James
2:3
1 Peter
5:12
Jude
1:24
Revelation
3:20; 5:6; 6:17; 7:1; 7:9; 7:11; 7:11; 7:11; 8:2; 10:5; 10:8; 11:4; 11:11; 12:4; 14:1; 14:1; 15:2; 18:10; 18:15; 18:15; 18:17; 19:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2476 matches the Greek ἵστημι (histēmi),
which occurs 155 times in 151 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Mat 2:9–Luk 21:36)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:9 -

After hearing the king, they went on their way. And there it was ​— ​the star they had seen at its rising. It led them until it came and stopped above the place where the child was.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:5 -

Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:5 -

“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:25 -

Knowing their thoughts, he told them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:26 -

“If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:46 -

While he was still speaking with the crowds, his mother and brothers were standing outside wanting to speak to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:47 -

Someone told him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:2 -

Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:28 -

“Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:2 -

He called a small child and had him stand among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:16 -

“But if he won’t listen, take one or two others with you, so that by the testimony[fn] of two or three witnesses every fact may be established.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:3 -

“When he went out about nine in the morning,[fn] he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:6 -

“Then about five[fn] he went and found others standing around[fn] and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing? ’

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:32 -

Jesus stopped, called them, and said, “What do you want me to do for you? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:15 -

“So when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place” (let the reader understand),

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:33 -

“He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on the left.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:15 -

and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you? ” So they weighed out thirty pieces of silver for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:73 -

After a little while those standing there approached and said to Peter, “You really are one of them, since even your accent[fn] gives you away.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:11 -

Now Jesus stood before the governor. “Are you the king of the Jews? ” the governor asked him.

Jesus answered, “You say so.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:47 -

When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling for Elijah.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:24 -

“If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:25 -

“If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

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“And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand but is finished.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:31 -

His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent word to him and called him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:1 -

Then he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come in power.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:36 -

He took a child, had him stand among them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them,

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:49 -

Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”

So they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! Get up; he’s calling for you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:5 -

and some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:9 -

“But you, be on your guard! They will hand you over to local courts,[fn] and you will be flogged in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.

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“When you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be” (let the reader understand), “then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:11 -

An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:9 -

So he took him to Jerusalem, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:1 -

As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word, he was standing by Lake Gennesaret.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:2 -

He saw two boats at the edge of the lake; the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:8 -

But he knew their thoughts and told the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand here.”[fn] So he got up and stood there.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:17 -

After coming down with them, he stood on a level place with a large crowd of his disciples and a great number of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:14 -

Then he came up and touched the open coffin, and the pallbearers stopped. And he said, “Young man, I tell you, get up! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 -

and stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to wash his feet with her tears. She wiped his feet with her hair, kissing them and anointing them with the perfume.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:20 -

He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:44 -

approached from behind and touched the end of his robe. Instantly her bleeding stopped.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:27 -

“Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:47 -

But Jesus, knowing their inner thoughts,[fn] took a little child and had him stand next to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:18 -

“If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:25 -

“once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door. Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us! ’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:12 -

As he entered a village, ten men with leprosy[fn] met him. They stood at a distance

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:11 -

“The Pharisee was standing and praying like this about himself:[fn] ‘God, I thank you that I’m not like other people ​— ​greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:13 -

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, have mercy on me,[fn] a sinner! ’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:40 -

Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to him. When he came closer, he asked him,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:8 -

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord. And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:36 -

“But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength[fn] to escape all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”


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