Lexicon :: Strong's G3936 - paristēmi

Then Abraham took curds[fn] and milk, as well as the calf that he had prepared, and set them before the men. He served[fn] them as they ate under the tree.

The captain of the guards assigned Joseph to them as their personal attendant, and they were in custody for some time.[fn]

Joseph could no longer keep his composure in front of all his attendants,[fn] so he called out, “Send everyone away from me! ” No one was with him when he revealed his identity to his brothers.

The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe[fn] and the flax was budding,

The next day Moses sat down to judge the people, and they stood around Moses from morning until evening.

“If you do this, and God so directs you, you will be able to endure, and also all these people will be able to go home satisfied.”[fn]

Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua and went up the mountain of God.

The LORD came down in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed his name, “the LORD.”

“These are the names of the men who are to assist you:

Elizur son of Shedeur from Reuben;

the leaders of Israel, the heads of their ancestral families,[fn] presented an offering. They were the tribal leaders who supervised the registration.

Joshua son of Nun, assistant to Moses since his youth,[fn] responded, “Moses, my lord, stop them! ”

“Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the Israelite community to bring you near to himself, to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the community to minister to them?

Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone. Maybe the LORD will meet with me. I will tell you whatever he reveals to me.” So he went to a barren hill.

Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here by your burnt offering while I seek the LORD over there.”

“Joshua son of Nun, who attends you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit it.

“At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the LORD’s covenant, to stand before the LORD to serve him, and to pronounce blessings in his name, as it is today.

“The person who acts arrogantly, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there serving the LORD your God or to the judge, must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

“For the LORD your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes to stand and minister in his name from now on.[fn]

“he may serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who minister there in the presence of the LORD.

“Then the priests, the sons of Levi, will come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve him and pronounce blessings in his name, and they are to give a ruling in[fn] every dispute and case of assault.

At the carved images near Gilgal he returned and said, “King Eglon, I have a secret message for you.” The king said, “Silence! ” and all his attendants left him.

and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was serving before it. The Israelites asked, “Should we again fight against our brothers the Benjaminites or should we stop? ”

The LORD answered, “Fight, because I will hand them over to you tomorrow.”

As she was dying,[fn] the women taking care of her said, “Don’t be afraid. You’ve given birth to a son! ” But she did not respond or pay attention.

brought it into the temple of Dagon[fn] and placed it next to his statue.[fn]

When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul loved him very much, and David became his armor-bearer.

Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree at the high place. His spear was in his hand, and all his servants were standing around him.

“Let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.

So his servants said to him, “Let us[fn] search for a young virgin for my lord the king. She is to attend the king and be his caregiver. She is to lie by your side so that my lord the king will get warm.”

“How happy are your men.[fn] How happy are these servants of yours, who always stand in your presence hearing your wisdom.

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive, asking, “How do you advise me to respond to this people? ”

But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and attended him.

The young men who had grown up with him told him, “This is what you should say to this people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us! ’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

Jeroboam made a festival in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival in Judah. He offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had made. He also stationed the priests in Bethel for the high places he had made.

Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers,[fn] said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ”

Then Elijah said, “As the LORD of Armies lives, in whose presence I stand, today I will present myself to Ahab.”

Elisha responded, “By the life of the LORD of Armies, before whom I stand: If I did not have respect for King Jehoshaphat of Judah, I wouldn’t look at you; I would not take notice of you.

But Elisha said, “As the LORD lives, in whose presence I stand, I will not accept it.” Naaman urged him to accept it, but he refused.

Then he stared steadily at him until he was ashamed.

The man of God wept,

Then the king turned and blessed the entire congregation of Israel while they were standing.

“How happy are your men.[fn] How happy are these servants of yours, who always stand in your presence hearing your wisdom.

Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs who attended her, and dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what he was doing and why.[fn]

The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, so she got up and stood before the king.

One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan[fn] also came with them.

One day the sons of God came again to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before the LORD.

Should he be told that I want to speak?

Can a man speak when he is confused?

The kings of the earth take their stand,

and the rulers conspire together

against the LORD and his Anointed One:[fn]