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συνίστημι, συνιστάω sunistēmi, sunistaō · G4921

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to commend

συν-ίστημι ; [in LXX for צָוָה pi., קָהַל ni., etc.; 1Ma.12:43, 2Ma.4:24, 3Ma.1:19 (and frequently in these books) ; ] ; 1. trans., ; (a) to commend, recommend: with accusative of person(s), 2Co.3:1 6:4 10:12 10:18; id. with dative, Rom.16:1 (as frequently at the beginning of a letter; Deiss., LAE, 226), 2Co.5:12; before πρός, 2Co.4:2; pass., before ὑπό, 2Co.12:11; (b) to show, prove, establish: with accusative, Rom.3:5 5:8, 2Co.6:4; dupl. accusative, Gal.2:13; accusative and inf., 2Co.7:11 ; 2. Intrans., pf., συνέστηκα (as also 2 aor. and plpf.); (a) to stand with or near: Luk.9:32; (b) to be composed of, consist, cohere: Col.1:17 (see Lft., in l), 2Pe.3:5.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

συνίστημι, ; also συνιστάνω []; συνιστάω []; imperfect συνίστα []imperfect συνίστην, future συστήσω, aorist 1 συνέστησα: transitive perfect συνέστᾰκα, found only in later texts, []:—set together, combine, τὰς χορδὰς ἀλλήλαις []; τὰς ἄρκυς καὶ τὰ δίκτυα falsa lectio in []; II combine, associate, unite, σ. τοὺς Ἀρκάδας ἐπὶ τῇ Σπάρτῃ []; ταύτας (i.e. τὰς πόλεις) []; II.b σ. Ἀσίην ἑωυτῷ unite Asia in dependence on himself, []; μαντικὴν ἑωυτῷ συστῆσαι bring prophetic art into union with himself, …

Where it's used 16 times

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

Source: TBESG G4921; TFLSJ G4921

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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