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Lexicon :: Strong's G4921 - synistēmi

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συνίστημι
Transliteration
synistēmi (Key)
Pronunciation
soon-is'-tay-mee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From σύν (G4862) and ἵστημι (G2476) (including its collat. forms)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:896,1120

Strong’s Definitions

συνιστάω sunistaō, soon-is-tah'-o; or (strengthened)
συνιστάνω sunistanō, soon-is-tan'-o;
συνίστημι sunistēmi, soon-is'-tay-mee; from G4862 and G2476 (including its collateral forms); to set together, i.e. (by implication) to introduce (favorably), or (figuratively) to exhibit; intransitively, to stand near, or (figuratively) to constitute:—approve, commend, consist, make, stand (with).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G4921 in the following manner: commend (10x), approve (2x), consist (1x), make (1x), stand (1x), stand with (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G4921 in the following manner: commend (10x), approve (2x), consist (1x), make (1x), stand (1x), stand with (1x).

  1. to place together, to set in the same place,to bring or band together

    1. to stand with (or near)

  2. to set one with another

    1. by way of presenting or introducing him

    2. to comprehend

  3. to put together by way of composition or combination, to teach by combining and comparing

    1. to show, prove, establish, exhibit

  4. to put together, unite parts into one whole

    1. to be composed of, consist

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
συνιστάω sunistaō, soon-is-tah'-o; or (strengthened)
συνιστάνω sunistanō, soon-is-tan'-o;
συνίστημι sunistēmi, soon-is'-tay-mee; from G4862 and G2476 (including its collateral forms); to set together, i.e. (by implication) to introduce (favorably), or (figuratively) to exhibit; intransitively, to stand near, or (figuratively) to constitute:—approve, commend, consist, make, stand (with).
STRONGS G4921:
συνίστημι (Romans 3:5; Romans 5:8; Romans 16:1; 2 Corinthians 10:18; Galatians 2:18 Rec.; participle συνιστάντες, 2 Corinthians 4:2 L T Tr; 2 Cor. 6:4 L T Tr), or συνιστάνω (2 Corinthians 5:12; Galatians 2:18 G L T Tr WH; infinitive συνιστάνειν, 2 Corinthians 3:1 R G T WH; participle συνιστάνων, 2 Corinthians 4:2 WH; 2 Cor 6:4 WH; 2 Corinthians 10:12, 18 L T Tr WH), or συνιστάω (infinitive συνισταν, 2 Corinthians 3:1 L Tr; participle συνίστων, 2 Corinthians 4:2 R G; 2 Cor. 6:4 R G; 2 Cor. 10:18 Rec.; see ἵστημι); 1 aorist συνέστησα; perfect συνέστηκα; 2 perfect participle συνεστώς (nominative plural neuter συνεστωτα, 2 Peter 3:5 WH marginal reading); present passive infinitive συνίστασθαι; from Homer, Iliad 14, 96 down;
1. to place together, to set in the same place, to bring or band together; in the 2 aorist, perfect and pluperfect intransitively, to stand with (or near): συνεστώς τίνι, Luke 9:32.
2. to set one with another i. e. by way of presenting or introducing him, i. e. to commend (Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch): τινα, 2 Corinthians 3:1; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 10:12, 18; τινα τίνι, Romans 16:1; 2 Corinthians 5:12 (cf. Buttmann, 393 (336)); τινα πρός συνείδησιν τίνος, 2 Corinthians 4:2; passive, ὑπό τίνος, 2 Corinthians 12:11 (1 Macc. 12:43; 2 Macc. 4:24).
3. to put together by way of composition or combination, to teach by combining and comparing, hence, to show, prove, establish, exhibit (Winer's Grammar, 23 (22)): τί, Romans 3:5; Romans 5:8 (εὔνοιαν, Polybius 4, 5, 6); ἑαυτούς ὡς τινες, 2 Corinthians 6:4; with two accusatives, one of the object, the other of the predicate, Galatians 2:18 (Diodorus 13, 91; συνίστησιν συτον προφήτην, Philo rer. div. haer. § 52); followed by an accusative with an infinitive (cf. Buttmann, 274 (236)), 2 Corinthians 7:11 (Diodorus 14, 45).
4. to put together (i. e. unite parts into one whole), perfect, pluperfect and 2 aorist to be composed of, consist: ἐξ ὕδατος καί δἰ ὕδατος, 2 Peter 3:5 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 45, 6 a.; (see above, at the beginning)); to cohere, hold together: τά πάντα συνέστηκεν ἐν αὐτῷ, Colossians 1:17 (Plato, de rep. 7, p. 530 a.; Tim., p. 61 a.; (Bonitz's index to Aristotle (Berlin Acad. edition) under the word συνισταναι), and often in ecclesiastical writings; (cf. Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
9:32
Romans
3:5; 3:5; 5:8; 5:8; 16:1; 16:1
2 Corinthians
3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 4:2; 4:2; 4:2; 4:2; 5:12; 5:12; 6:4; 6:4; 6:4; 6:4; 6:4; 7:11; 10:12; 10:12; 10:18; 10:18; 10:18; 10:18; 12:11
Galatians
2:18; 2:18; 2:18
Colossians
1:17
2 Peter
3:5; 3:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4921 matches the Greek συνίστημι (synistēmi),
which occurs 16 times in 15 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:32 - Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they became fully awake they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:5 - But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:8 - but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:1 - I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant[fn] of the church at Cenchreae,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:1 - Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:2 - But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice[fn] cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:12 - We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:4 - but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:11 - For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:12 - Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:18 - For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:11 - I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:18 - For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:17 - And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:5 - For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God,
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