ἵστημιhístēmi
to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Greek (New Testament) · G2476
Meanings
I. Trans, in present, imperfect, future and 1 aorist act. and in the tenses of the passive
1. to make to stand, to place, set, set up, establish, appoint: with accusative of person, Mark 7:9, Acts 1:23, Acts 6:13, Acts 17:31, Hebrews 10:9; id. followed by ἐπί, with accusative loc., Matthew 4:5, Luke 4:9; ἐν μέσῳ, Matthew 18:2, Mark 9:36, John 8:3; ἐνώπιον, Acts 6:6; παρ’ ἑαυτῷ, Luke 9:47; ἐκ δεξιῶν, Matthew 25:33; middle, to place oneself, to stand: Revelation 18:15; so also passive, to be made to stand, to stand: Matthew 2:9, Luke 11:18, Luke 19:8, 2 Corinthians 13:1, and elsewhere
2. to set in a balance, to weigh (classical Greek; LXX for שׁקל, Isaiah 46:6, and elsewhere): Matthew 26:15.
II. Intrans., in perfect, plpf. and 2 aorist act., to stand, stand by, stand still: Matthew 20:32, Matthew 26:73, Mark 10:49, Luke 8:44, John 1:35, John 3:29, Acts 16:9, and elsewhere; followed by ἐν, Matthew 6:5, and elsewhere; ἐνώπιον, Acts 10:30, and elsewhere; πρός, with dative loc., John 18:16; ἐπί, with genitive loc., Luke 6:17, Acts 5:23, Acts 25:10, and elsewhere; ἔμπροσθεν, Matthew 27:11; κύκλῳ, Revelation 7:11; ἐκ δεξιῶν, Luke 1:11; ἐπί, with accusative, Matthew 13:2, Revelation 3:20; παρά, Luke 5:2; ἐκεῖ, Mark 11:5; ὧδε, Mark 9:1; ὅπου, Mark 13:14; ἔξω, Matthew 12:46; μακρόθεν, Luke 18:13; πόρρωθεν, Luke 17:12. Metaph., to stand ready, stand firm, be steadfast: 1 Corinthians 7:37, 1 Corinthians 10:12, Ephesians 6:11, Ephesians 6:13, Ephesians 6:14, Colossians 4:12; τ. πίστει, Romans 11:20; ἐν τ. ἀληθείᾳ, John 8:44; ἐν τ. χάριτι, Romans 5:2; ἐν τ. εὐαγγελίῳ, 1 Corinthians 15:1 (cf. ἀν-, ἐπ-ἀν-, ἐξ-ἀν, ἀνθ-, ἀφ-, δι-, ἐν-, ἐξ-, ἐπ- (-μαι), ἐφ-, κατ-εφ-, συν-εφ-, καθ-, ἀντι-καθ-, ἀπο-καθ-, μεθ-, παρ-, περι-, προ-, συν-ίστημι).
Same root
- ἐνίστημιenístēmi · G1764to place on hand, i.e. (reflexively) impend, (participle) be instant
- στενόςstenós · G4728narrow (from obstacles standing close about)
- διΐστημιdiḯstēmi · G1339to stand apart, i.e. (reflexively) to remove, intervene
- ἐπιστάτηςepistátēs · G1988an appointee over, i.e. commander (teacher)
- ἀνίστημιanístēmi · G450to stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
- συνιστάωsynistáō · G4921to set together, i.e. (by implication) to introduce (favorably), or (figuratively) to exhibit; intransitively, to stand near, or (figuratively) to constitute
- στηρίζωstērízō · G4741to set fast, i.e. (literally) to turn resolutely in a certain direction, or (figuratively) to confirm
- ἐφίστημιephístēmi · G2186to stand upon, i.e. be present (in various applications, friendly or otherwise, usually literal);
Where it appears
Appears 153 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:9 After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was.
- Matthew 4:5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple,
- Matthew 6:5 “When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get.
- Matthew 12:25 Jesus knew their thoughts and replied, “Any kingdom divided by civil war is doomed. A town or family splintered by feuding will fall apart.
- Matthew 12:26 And if Satan is casting out Satan, he is divided and fighting against himself. His own kingdom will not survive.
- Matthew 12:46 As Jesus was speaking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
See every passage
- Matthew 2:9, 4:5, 6:5, 12:25, 12:26, 12:46, 12:47, 13:2, 16:28, 18:2, 18:16, 20:3, 20:6, 20:32, 24:15, 25:33, 26:15, 26:73, 27:11, 27:47
- Mark 3:24, 3:25, 3:26, 7:9, 9:1, 9:36, 10:49, 11:5, 13:9, 13:14
- Luke 1:11, 4:9, 5:1, 5:2, 6:8, 6:17, 7:14, 7:38, 8:20, 8:44, 9:27, 9:47, 11:18, 13:25, 17:12, 18:11, 18:13, 18:40, 19:8, 21:36, 23:10, 23:35, 23:49, 24:17, 24:36
- John 1:26, 1:35, 3:29, 6:22, 7:37, 8:44, 11:56, 12:29, 18:5, 18:16, 18:18, 18:25, 19:25, 20:11, 20:14, 20:19, 20:26, 21:4
- Acts 1:11, 1:23, 2:14, 3:8, 4:7, 4:14, 5:20, 5:23, 5:25, 5:27, 6:6, 6:13, 7:33, 7:55, 7:56, 7:60, 8:38, 9:7, 10:30, 11:13, 12:14, 16:9, 17:22, 17:31, 21:40, 22:25, 22:30, 24:20, 24:21, 25:10, 25:18, 26:6, 26:16, 26:22, 27:21
- Romans 3:31, 5:2, 10:3, 11:20, 14:4
- 1 Corinthians 7:37, 10:12, 15:1
- 2 Corinthians 1:24, 13:1
- Ephesians 6:11, 6:13, 6:14
- Colossians 4:12
- 2 Timothy 2:19
- Hebrews 10:9, 10:11
- James 2:3, 5:9
- 1 Peter 5:12
- Jude 1:24
- Revelation 3:20, 5:6, 6:17, 7:1, 7:9, 7:11, 8:2, 8:3, 10:5, 10:8, 11:4, 11:11, 12:4, 14:1, 15:2, 18:10, 18:15, 18:17, 19:17, 20:12
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.