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Lexicon :: Strong's G4026 - periistēmi

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περιΐστημι
Transliteration
periistēmi (Key)
Pronunciation
per-ee-is'-tay-mee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

περιΐστημι periḯstēmi, per-ee-is'-tay-mee; from G4012 and G2476; to stand all around, i.e. (near) to be a bystander, or (aloof) to keep away from:—avoid, shun, stand by (round about).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4026 in the following manner: shun (1x), avoid (1x), stand by (1x), stand round about (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4026 in the following manner: shun (1x), avoid (1x), stand by (1x), stand round about (1x).

  1. to place around one

  2. to stand around

    1. to turn one's self about for the purpose of avoiding something

    2. to avoid, shun

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
περιΐστημι periḯstēmi, per-ee-is'-tay-mee; from G4012 and G2476; to stand all around, i.e. (near) to be a bystander, or (aloof) to keep away from:—avoid, shun, stand by (round about).
STRONGS G4026:
περιΐστημι: 2 aorist περιεστην; perfect participle περιεστώς; present middle imperative 2 person singular περιΐστασο (on which form see Winers Grammar, § 14, 1 e.; (Buttmann, 47 (40), who both call it passive (but see Veitch, p. 340)));
1. in the present, imperfect, future, 1 aorist, active, to place around (one).
2. in the perfect, pluperfect, 2 aorist active, and the tenses of the middle, to stand around: John 11:42; Acts 25:7 (in L T Tr WH with an accusative; cf. Winers Grammar, § 52, 4, 12). Middle to turn oneself about namely, for the purpose of avoiding something, hence, to avoid, shun (Josephus, Antiquities 4, 6, 12; 10, 10, 4; b. j. 2, 8, 6; Antoninus 3,4; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 4, 59; Athen. 15, p. 675 e.; (Diogenes Laërtius 9, 14; Jamblichus, vit. Pythagoras 31 (p. 392, Kiessl. edition); Sextus Empiricus; joined with φεύγειν, Josephus, Antiquities 1, 1, 4; with ἐκτρέπεσθαι, Lucian, Hermot. § 86; Hesychius περιΐστασο. Ἀποφευγε, ἀνατρεπε; (cf. furher, D'Orville's Chariton, Reiske edition, p. 282); this use of the verb is censured by Lucian, soloec. 5): in the N. T. so with an accusative of the thing (cf. Winer's Grammar, the passage cited), 2 Timothy 2:16; Titus 3:9.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
11:42
Acts
25:7
2 Timothy
2:16
Titus
3:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4026 matches the Greek περιΐστημι (periistēmi),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:42 - I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:7 - When Paul came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him. They brought many serious charges against him, but they could not prove them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:16 - Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:9 - But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless.
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