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Lexicon :: Strong's G1991 - epistērizō

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ἐπιστηρίζω
Transliteration
epistērizō (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-ee-stay-rid'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:653,1085

Strong’s Definitions

ἐπιστηρίζω epistērízō, ep-ee-stay-rid'-zo; from G1909 and G4741; to support further, i.e. reestablish:—confirm, strengthen.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G1991 in the following manner: confirm (3x), strengthen (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G1991 in the following manner: confirm (3x), strengthen (1x).

  1. to establish besides, strengthen more

  2. to render more firm, confirm

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπιστηρίζω epistērízō, ep-ee-stay-rid'-zo; from G1909 and G4741; to support further, i.e. reestablish:—confirm, strengthen.
STRONGS G1991:
ἐπιστηρίζω; 1 aorist ἐπεστήριξα; a later word; to establish besides, strengthen more; to render more firm, confirm: τινά, one's Christian faith, Acts 14:22; Acts 15:32, 41; Acts 18:23 R G.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
14:22; 15:32; 15:41; 18:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1991 matches the Greek ἐπιστηρίζω (epistērizō),
which occurs 12 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:13 - And behold, Yahweh stood [fn]above it and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:26 - Then Samson said to the boy who was holding his hand, “Let me feel the pillars on which the house is established, that I may lean against them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29 - Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house was established and supported himself against them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - And the young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:8 -

I will give you insight and teach you in the way which you should go;

I will counsel you with My eye upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:2 -

For Your arrows have pressed deep into me,

And Your hand has pressed down upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:6 -

[fn]By You I have been sustained from my birth;

You are He who took me from my mother’s womb;

My praise is continually [fn]of You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:7 -

Your wrath lies upon me,

And You afflict me with all Your breaking waves. [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:5 -

“[fn]Who is this coming up from the wilderness

Leaning on her beloved?”

“[fn]Beneath the [fn]apple tree I awakened you;

There your mother was in labor with you;

There she was in labor and gave you birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - “Behold, you trust in the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his [fn]hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
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