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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 47:5 - Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “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 their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Raamses.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:23 - And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. Neither was his heart moved by this.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:10 - ‘And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who 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 will set My face against that man, and will cut him off from his people, because he has given some of his descendants to Molech, to defile My sanctuary and 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 family; and I will cut him off from his people, and all who prostitute themselves with him to commit harlotry with Molech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:6 - ‘And the person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:17 - I will set My face against you, and you shall be defeated by your enemies.
Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall flee when no one pursues you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - “but you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, over all its furnishings, and over all things that belong to it; they shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they shall attend to it and camp around the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:14 - Now Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom. “Thus says your brother Israel: ‘You know all the hardship that has befallen 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 You stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases You, I will turn back.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:6 - So he returned to him, and there he was, standing by his burnt offering, he and all the princes of Moab.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16 - The utterance of him who hears the words of God,
And has the knowledge of the Most High,
Who sees the vision of the Almighty,
Who falls down, with eyes wide open:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:2 - “And if your brother is not near you, or if you do not know him, then you shall bring it to your own house, and it shall remain 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 whom you have not known shall eat the fruit of your land and the produce of your labor, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:26 - ‘for they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they did not know and that He had not given to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - “for I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. If today, while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the LORD, then how much more after my death?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:6 - Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him: “You know the word which the LORD said to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh Barnea.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - Then the king said to the guards who stood about him, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled and did not tell it to me.” But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to strike the priests of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:10 - “So I stood over 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 bracelet that was on his arm, and 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 recover his territory 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 with Abiram his firstborn, and with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, according to the word of the LORD, which He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun.[fn]

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 - And David defeated Hadadezer[fn] king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his power by the River Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - Therefore send me at once a man skillful to work in gold and silver, in bronze and iron, in purple and crimson and blue, who has skill to engrave with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12 - Hiram[fn] also said:
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, for He has given King David a wise son, endowed with prudence and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal house for himself!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:13 - Now on the second day the heads of the fathers’ houses of all the people, with the priests and Levites, were gathered to Ezra the scribe, in order to understand the words of the Law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - Have I sinned?
What have I done to You, O watcher of men?
Why have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden to myself?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:2

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 on;
You change his countenance and send him away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:21

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

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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 Box Job 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:2 - “Hear my words, you wise men;
Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 - Do you know how the clouds are balanced,
Those wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:4

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

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