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Lexicon :: Strong's G2525 - kathistēmi

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καθίστημι
Transliteration
kathistēmi (Key)
Pronunciation
kath-is'-tay-mee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
21x in 10 unique form(s) TR
22x in 11 unique form(s) LXX
134x in 40 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:444,387

Strong’s Definitions

καθίστημι kathístēmi, kath-is'-tay-mee; from G2596 and G2476; to place down (permanently), i.e. (figuratively) to designate, constitute, convoy:—appoint, be, conduct, make, ordain, set.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's G2525 in the following manner: make (8x), make ruler (6x), ordain (3x), be (2x), appoint (1x), conduct (1x), set (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's G2525 in the following manner: make (8x), make ruler (6x), ordain (3x), be (2x), appoint (1x), conduct (1x), set (1x).

  1. to set, place, put

    1. to set one over a thing (in charge of it)

    2. to appoint one to administer an office

    3. to set down as, constitute, to declare, show to be

    4. to constitute, to render, make, cause to be

    5. to conduct or bring to a certain place

    6. to show or exhibit one's self

      1. come forward as

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καθίστημι kathístēmi, kath-is'-tay-mee; from G2596 and G2476; to place down (permanently), i.e. (figuratively) to designate, constitute, convoy:—appoint, be, conduct, make, ordain, set.
STRONGS G2525:
καθίστημι (also καθιστάω, whence the participle καθιστῶντες Acts 17:15 R G; and καθιστάνω, whence καθιστάνοντες Acts 17:15 L T Tr WH; see ἵστημι, at the beginning); future καταστήσω; 1 aorist κατέστησα; passive, present καθισταμαι; 1 aorist κατεστάθην; 1 future κατασταθήσομαι; the Sept. for הֵשִׂים, הֵקִים, הִפְקִיד, הִתְיַצֵּב, הֶעֱמִיד, נָתַן; (properly, to set down, put down), to set, place, put:
a. τινα ἐπί τίνος, to set one over a thing (in charge of it), Matthew 24:45; Matthew 25:21, 23; Luke 12:42; Acts 6:3; also ἐπί τίνι, Matthew 24:47; Luke 12:44; ἐπί τί, Hebrews 2:7 Rec. from Psalm 8:7.
b. τινα, to appoint one to administer an office (cf. German bestellen): πρεσβυτέρους, Titus 1:5; τινα εἰς τό with an infinitive, to appoint to do something, Hebrews 8:3; τά πρός τόν Θεόν to conduct the worship of God, Hebrews 5:1; followed by ἵνα, ibid.; τινα with a predicate accusative indicating the office to be administered (to make one so and so; cf. Winers Grammar, § 32, 4b.; Buttmann, § 131, 7) (so very often in Greek writings from Herodotus down), Luke 12:14; Acts 7:10, 27, 35; Hebrews 7:28.
c. "to set down as, constitute (Latinsisto), equivalent to to declare, show to be": passive with ἁμαρτωλός, δίκαιος, Romans 5:19 (cf. Prof. T. Dwight in New Englander for 1867, p. 590ff; Dietzsch, Adam u. Christus (Bonn, 1871), p. 188).
d. "to constitute (Latinsisto) equivalent to to render, make, cause to be": τινα οὐκ ἀργόν, οὐδέ ἀκαρπον, i. e. (by litotes) laborious and fruitful, 2 Peter 1:8.
e. to conduct or bring to a certain place: τινα, Acts 17:15 (2 Chronicles 28:15 for הֵבִיא; Joshua 6:23; 1 Samuel 5:3; Homer, Odyssey 13, 274; Xenophon, an. 4, 8, 8 and in other secular authors).
f. Middle to show or exhibit oneself; come forward as: with a predicate nominative, James 4:4; ἡ γλῶσσα... ἡ σπιλοῦσα, James 3:6. (Compare: ἀντικαθίστημι, ἀποκαθίστημι.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Joshua
6:23
1 Samuel
5:3
2 Chronicles
28:15
Psalms
8:7
Matthew
24:45; 24:47; 25:21; 25:23
Luke
12:14; 12:42; 12:44
Acts
6:3; 7:10; 7:27; 7:35; 17:15; 17:15; 17:15
Romans
5:19
Titus
1:5
Hebrews
2:7; 5:1; 7:28; 8:3
James
3:6; 4:4
2 Peter
1:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2525 matches the Greek καθίστημι (kathistēmi),
which occurs 134 times in 130 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 39:4–2Sa 3:39)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:4 - And Joseph found grace in the presence of his lord, and was well-pleasing to him; and he set him over his house, and all that he had he gave into the hand of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:5 - And it came to pass after that he was set over his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the house of the Egyptian for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all his possessions in the house, and in his field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33 - Now then, look out a wise and prudent man, and set him over the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:34 - And let Pharao make and appoint local governors over the land; and let them take up a fifth part of all the produce of the land of Egypt for the seven years of the plenty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:41 - And Pharao said to Joseph, Behold, I set thee this day over all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:43 - And he mounted him on the second of his chariots, and a herald made proclamation before him; and he set him over all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - And Pharao spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father, and thy brethren, are come to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:14 - And he said, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? wilt thou slay me as thou yesterday slewest the Egyptian? Then Moses was alarmed, and said, If it be thus, this matter has become known.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And the accountants of the race of the children of Israel, who were set over them by the masters of Pharao, were scourged, [[fn]and questioned,] men saying, Why have ye not fulfilled your rates of brick-work as yesterday and the third day, to-day also?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - And do thou look out for thyself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and thou shalt set over [fn]the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:10 - And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons over the tabernacle of witness; and they shall keep their charge of priesthood, and all things belonging to the altar, and within the veil; and the stranger that touches them shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - And the chief over the chief of the Levites, was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, appointed to keep the charges of the holy things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:19 - This do ye to them, and they shall live and not die, when they approach the holy of holies: Let Aaron and his sons advance, and they shall place them each in his post for bearing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:15 - And he has appointed brooks to cause Er to dwell there; and it lies near to the coasts of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48 - And all those who were appointed to be officers of thousands of the host, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, approached Moses, and said to Moses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13 - [fn]Take to yourselves wise and understanding and prudent men for your tribes, and I will set your leaders over you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I took of you wise and understanding and prudent men, and I set them to rule over you as rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens, and [fn]officers to your judges.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:18 - Thou shalt make for thyself judges and officers in thy cities, which the Lord thy God gives thee in thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:14 - And when thou shalt enter into the land which the Lord thy God gives thee, and shalt inherit it and dwell in it, and shalt say, I will set a ruler over me, as also the other nations round about me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:15 - thou shalt surely set over thee the ruler whom the Lord God shall choose: of thy brethren thou shalt set over thee a ruler; thou shalt not have power to set over thee a stranger, because he is not thy brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:16 - And if an unjust witness rise up against a man, alleging iniquity against him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - And it shall come to pass when the scribes shall have ceased speaking to the people, that they shall appoint generals of the army to be leaders of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:6 - And it shall come to pass that the child which she shall bear, shall be [fn]named by the name of the deceased, and his name shall not be blotted out of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 - The Lord thy God make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt then be above and thou shalt not be below, if thou wilt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, in all things that I charge thee this day to observe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:36 - The Lord carry away thee and thy princes, whom thou shalt set over thee, to a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers know; and thou shalt there serve other gods, wood and stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - Without, the sword shall bereave them of children, and terror shall issue out of the secret chambers; the young man shall perish with the virgin, the suckling with him who has grown old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - And the two young men who had spied out the city entered into the house of the woman, and brought out Raab the harlot, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and her kindred, and all that she had; and they set her without the camp of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - And thou shalt do to Gai, as thou didst to Jericho and its king; and thou shalt take to thyself the spoil of its cattle; set now for thyself an ambush for the city behind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - And Joshua made them in that day hewers of wood and drawers of water to the whole congregation, and for the altar of God: therefore the inhabitants of Gabaon became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the altar of God until this day, even for the place which the Lord should choose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:18 - And Joshua said, Roll stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men to watch over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - Even a refuge to the slayer who has smitten a [fn]man unintentionally; and the cities shall be to you a refuge, and the slayer shall not be put to death by the avenger of blood, until he have stood before the congregation for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These were the cities selected for the sons of Israel, and for the stranger abiding among them, that every one who smites a soul unintentionally should flee thither, that he should not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he should stand before the congregation for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:11 - And Jephthae went with the elders of Galaad, and the people made him head and ruler over them: and Jephthae spoke all his words before the Lord in Massepha.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:9 - And Anna rose up after they had eaten in Selom, and stood before the Lord: and Heli the priest was on a seat by the [fn]threshold of the temple of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:26 - And she said, I pray thee, my lord, as thy soul liveth, I am the woman that stood in thy presence with thee while praying to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:10 - And the Lord came, and stood, and called him as [fn]before: and Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant hears.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:3 - And the people of Azotus rose early, and entered into the house of Dagon; and looked, and behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the Lord: and they lifted up Dagon, and set him in his place. And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Azotians, and he plagued them, and he smote them in their secret parts, Azotus and her coasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1 - And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:5 - and they said to him, Behold, thou art grown old, and thy sons walk not in thy way; and now set over us a king to judge us, as also the other nations have.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - And ye have this day rejected God, who is himself your Deliverer out of all your evils and afflictions; and ye said, Nay, but thou shalt set a king over us: and now stand before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your families.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:23 - And he ran and took him thence, and he set him in the midst of the people; and he was higher than all the people by his shoulders and upwards.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:7 - And now stand still, and I will judge you before the Lord; and I will relate to you all the righteousness of the Lord, the things which he has wrought among you and your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:16 - And now stand still, and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13 - And he removed him from him, and made him a captain of a thousand for himself; and he went out and came in before the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:20 - And Saul sent messengers to take David, and they saw the assembly of the prophets, and Samuel stood as appointed over them; and the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they prophesy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - And Doec the Syrian who was over the mules of Saul [fn]answered and said, I saw the son of Jessæ as he came to Nomba to Abimelech son of Achitob the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:4 - And the captains of the Philistines were displeased at him, and they say to him, Send the man away, and let him return to his place, where thou didst set him; and let him not come with us to the war, and let him not be a [fn]traitor in the camp: and wherewith will he be reconciled to his master? will it not be with the heads of those men?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:10 - Now then rise up early in the morning, thou and the servants of thy lord that are come with thee, and go to the place where I appointed you, and entertain no evil thought in thy heart, for thou art good in my sight: and rise early for your journey [fn]when it is light, and depart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:12 - And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and he ate, and his spirit was [fn]restored in him; for he had not eaten bread, and had not drunk water three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39 - And that I am this day a mere kinsman of his, and as it were [fn]a subject; but these men the sons of Saruia are too hard for me: the Lord reward the evil-doer according to his wickedness.

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