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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 22 times in 21 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:45 - Who then is the faithful and prudent bondman whom his lord has set over his household, to give them food in season?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:47 - Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all his substance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:21 - His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter into the joy of thy lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:23 - His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:14 - But he said to him, Man, who established me as a judge or a divider over you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:42 - And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:44 - verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he has.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:3 - Look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men, well reported of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this business:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:10 - and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he appointed him chief over Egypt and all his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:27 - But he that was wronging his neighbour thrust him away, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge over us?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:35 - This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee ruler and judge? him did God send to be a ruler and deliverer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:15 - But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and, having received a commandment to Silas and Timotheus, that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:19 - For as indeed by the disobedience of the one man the many have been constituted sinners, so also by the obedience of the one the many will be constituted righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:5 - For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest go on to set right what remained unordered, and establish elders in each city, as *I* had ordered thee:

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:7 - Thou hast made him some little inferior to the angels; thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, and hast set him over the works of thy hands;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:1 - For every high priest taken from amongst men is established for men in things relating to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:28 - For the law constitutes men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the swearing of the oath which is after the law, a Son perfected for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:3 - For every high priest is constituted for the offering both of gifts and sacrifices; whence it is needful that this one also should have something which he may offer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:6 - and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4 - Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be the friend of the world is constituted enemy of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:8 - for these things existing and abounding in you make you to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;
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