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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:32 - Peter and the others had fallen asleep. When they woke up, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:8 - But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:1 - I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a deacon in the church in Cenchrea.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:1 - Are we beginning to praise ourselves again? Are we like others, who need to bring you letters of recommendation, or who ask you to write such letters on their behalf? Surely not!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:2 - We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. We don’t try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know this.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:12 - Are we commending ourselves to you again? No, we are giving you a reason to be proud of us,[fn] so you can answer those who brag about having a spectacular ministry rather than having a sincere heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:4 - In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers of God. We patiently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:11 - Just see what this godly sorrow produced in you! Such earnestness, such concern to clear yourselves, such indignation, such alarm, such longing to see me, such zeal, and such a readiness to punish wrong. You showed that you have done everything necessary to make things right.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:12 - Oh, don’t worry; we wouldn’t dare say that we are as wonderful as these other men who tell you how important they are! But they are only comparing themselves with each other, using themselves as the standard of measurement. How ignorant!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:18 - When people commend themselves, it doesn’t count for much. The important thing is for the Lord to commend them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:11 - You have made me act like a fool—boasting like this.[fn] You ought to be writing commendations for me, for I am not at all inferior to these “super apostles,” even though I am nothing at all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:18 - Rather, I am a sinner if I rebuild the old system of law I already tore down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:17 - He existed before anything else,
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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:5 - They deliberately forget that God made the heavens by the word of his command, and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water.
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