ἐφίστημι ephistēmi · G2186

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ἐφ-ίστημι ; [in LXX for נָצַב ni., שִׁית, נָתַן, etc. ; ] ; 1. causal in pres., impf., fut., 1 aor., to set upon or by, set up, etc. (Æsch., Hdt., Arist., al). ; 2. Intrans. in mid, and in pf. and 2 aor. act.; (a) to stand upon; (b) to be set over; (with) to stand by, be present, be at hand, come on or upon: Luk.2:38 10:40 20:1, Act.6:12 12:7 22:13, 20 23:27, 2Ti.4:2; with dative pars., Luk.2:9 24:4, Act.4:1 23:11; with dative bc., Act.17:5; before έπί, with accusative, Act.10:17 11:11; of rain, Act.28:2; of evils impending, with dative of person(s), 1Th.5:3; before έπί (Wis.6:9), Luk.21:34; of time, 2Ti.4:6 (cf. κατ-, συν-εφίστημι).†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἐφίστημι, ; Ionic dialect ἐπ-: ; A causal in present, imperfect, future, and aorist 1 (also in the later perfect and pluperfect ἐφέστᾰκα, ἐφεστάκειν [ᾰ], see below 11.1, VI. 2): ; A.I set, place upon, τεῖχος τείχει []; A.II set over, μ᾽ Ἀπόλλων τῷδ᾽ ἐπέστησεν τέλει []: with infinitive, βουλὴν ἐπιμελεῖσθαι τῆς εὐκοσμίας []:—passive, to be appointed, instituted, []; A.II.2 bring in, ἡ τύχη ἐπιστήσασα Ῥωμαίους []; Φίλιππον ἐ. τοῖς πράγμασι to let him have a hand in the business, []; A.II.3 bring …

Where it's used 21 times

Luke 2:9 · Luke 2:38 · Luke 4:39 · Luke 10:40 · Luke 20:1 · Luke 21:34 · Luke 24:4 · Acts 4:1 · Acts 6:12 · Acts 10:17 · Acts 11:11 · Acts 12:7 · Acts 17:5 · Acts 22:13 · Acts 22:20 · Acts 23:11 · Acts 23:27 · Acts 28:2 · 1 Thessalonians 5:3 · 2 Timothy 4:2 · 2 Timothy 4:6

Source: TBESG G2186; TFLSJ G2186

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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