G2476: ἵστημι
hístēmi · “to stand”
Definition
to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)
KJV translates it as: abide, appoint, bring, continue, covenant, establish, hold up, lay, present, set (up), stanch, stand (by, forth, still, up)
Word origin: a prolonged form of a primary (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses);
Extended definition
I. Trans, in pres., impf., fut. and 1 aor. act. and in the tenses of the pass.
1. to make to stand, to place, set, set up, establish, appoint: with accusative of person(s), Mrk.7:9, Act.1:23 6:13 17:31, Heb.10:9; id. before ἐπί, with accusative loc, Mat.4:5, Luk.4:9; ἐν μέσῳ, Mat.18:2, Mrk.9:36, Jhn.8:[3]; ἐνώπιον, Act.6:6; παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ, Luk.9:47; ἐκ δεξιῶν, Mat.25:33; mid., to place oneself, to stand: Rev.18:15; so also pass., to be made to stand, to stand: Mat.2:9, Luk.11:18 19:8, 2Co.13:1, al.
2. to set in a balance, to weigh (cl.; LXX for שׁקל, Isa.46:6, al.): Mat.26:15,
II. Intrans., in pf., plpf. (with sense of present and impf.; M, Pr., 147f.) and 2 aor. act., to stand, stand by, stand still: Mat.20:32 26:73, Mrk.10:49, Luk.8:44, Jhn.1:35 3:29, Act.16:9, al.; before ἐν, Mat.6:5, al.; ἐνώπιον, Act.10:30, al.; πρός, with dative loc., Jhn.18:16; ἐπί, with genitive loc., Luk.6:17, Act.5:23 25:10, al.; ἔμπροσθεν, Mat.27:11; κύκλῳ, Rev.7:11; ἐκ δεξιῶν, Luk.1:11; ἐπί, with accusative, Mat.13:2, Rev.3:20; παρά, Luk.5:2; ἐκεῖ, Mrk.11:5; ὧδε, Mrk.9:1; ὅπου, Mrk.13:14; ἔξω, Mat.12:46; μακρόθεν, Luk.18:13; πόρρωθεν, Luk.17:12. Metaphorical, to stand ready, stand firm, be steadfast: 1Co.7:37 10:12, Eph.6:11, 13 14, Col.4:12; τ. πίστει, Rom.11:20; ἐν τ. ἀληθείᾳ, Jhn.8:44; εν τ. χάριτι, Rom.5:2; ἐν τ. εὐαγγελίῳ, 1Co.15:1 (cf. ἀν-, ἐπ-ἀν-, ἐξ-ἀν, ἀνθ-, ἀφ-, δι-, ἐν-, ἐξ-, ἐπ- (-μαι), ἐφ-, κατ-ἐφ-, συν-ἐφ-, καθ-, ἀντι-καθ-, ἀπο-καθ-, μεθ-, παρ-, περι-, προ-, συν-ίστημι).
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2476 is translated
- already standing ×18
- having stood ×14
- standing ×12
- had stood ×8
- stood ×7
- had been standing ×4
- to stand ×4
- do stand ×4
- he stood ×4
- has stood ×4
- set ×3
- will stand ×3
Bible verses with G2476 (hístēmi)
Hístēmi appears in 151 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Matthew 2:9
When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
- Matthew 4:5
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
- Matthew 6:5
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Matthew 12:25
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
- Matthew 12:26
And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
- Matthew 12:46
While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
- Matthew 12:47
Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
- Matthew 13:2
And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
- Matthew 16:28
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
- Matthew 18:2
And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
- Matthew 18:16
But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
- Matthew 20:3
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
- Matthew 20:6
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
- Matthew 20:32
And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?
- Matthew 24:15
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
- Matthew 25:33
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
- Matthew 26:15
And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
- Matthew 26:73
And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.
- Matthew 27:11
And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
- Matthew 27:47
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
- Mark 3:24
And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
- Mark 3:25
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
- Mark 3:26
And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
- Mark 7:9
And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
- Mark 9:1
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
All 151 references
- Mark 9:36
- Mark 10:49
- Mark 11:5
- Mark 13:9
- Mark 13:14
- Luke 1:11
- Luke 4:9
- Luke 5:1
- Luke 5:2
- Luke 6:8
- Luke 6:17
- Luke 7:14
- Luke 7:38
- Luke 8:20
- Luke 8:44
- Luke 9:27
- Luke 9:47
- Luke 11:18
- Luke 13:25
- Luke 17:12
- Luke 18:11
- Luke 18:13
- Luke 18:40
- Luke 19:8
- Luke 21:36
- Luke 23:10
- Luke 23:35
- Luke 23:49
- Luke 24:17
- Luke 24:36
- John 1:26
- John 1:35
- John 3:29
- John 6:22
- John 7:37
- John 8:3
- John 8:9
- John 8:44
- John 11:56
- John 12:29
- John 18:5
- John 18:16
- John 18:18
- John 18:25
- John 19:25
- John 20:11
- John 20:14
- John 20:19
- John 20:26
- John 21:4
- Acts 1:11
- Acts 1:23
- Acts 2:14
- Acts 3:8
- Acts 4:7
- Acts 4:14
- Acts 5:20
- Acts 5:23
- Acts 5:25
- Acts 5:27
- Acts 6:6
- Acts 6:13
- Acts 7:33
- Acts 7:55
- Acts 7:56
- Acts 7:60
- Acts 8:38
- Acts 9:7
- Acts 10:30
- Acts 11:13
- Acts 12:14
- Acts 16:9
- Acts 17:22
- Acts 17:31
- Acts 21:40
- Acts 22:25
- Acts 22:30
- Acts 24:20
- Acts 24:21
- Acts 25:10
- Acts 25:18
- Acts 26:6
- Acts 26:16
- Acts 26:22
- Acts 27:21
- Romans 3:31
- Romans 5:2
- Romans 10:3
- Romans 11:20
- Romans 14:4
- 1 Corinthians 7:37
- 1 Corinthians 10:12
- 1 Corinthians 15:1
- 2 Corinthians 1:24
- 2 Corinthians 13:1
- Ephesians 6:11
- Ephesians 6:13
- Ephesians 6:14
- Colossians 4:12
- 2 Timothy 2:19
- Hebrews 10:9
- Hebrews 10:11
- James 2:3
- James 5:9
- 1 Peter 5:12
- Jude 1:24
- Revelation 3:20
- Revelation 5:6
- Revelation 6:17
- Revelation 7:1
- Revelation 7:9
- Revelation 7:11
- Revelation 8:2
- Revelation 8:3
- Revelation 10:5
- Revelation 10:8
- Revelation 11:4
- Revelation 11:11
- Revelation 12:4
- Revelation 14:1
- Revelation 15:2
- Revelation 18:10
- Revelation 18:15
- Revelation 18:17
- Revelation 19:17
- Revelation 20:12
Words derived from G2476
ἀνθίστημι G436
anthístēmi — to oppose
ἀνίστημι G450
anístēmi — to arise
ἀστατέω G790
astatéō — be unsettled
ἀφίστημι G868
aphístēmi — to leave
διΐστημι G1339
diḯstēmi — to pass
ἐνίστημι G1764
enístēmi — be present
ἐξίστημι G1839
exístēmi — to amaze
ἐπιστάτης G1988
epistátēs — master
εὐπερίστατος G2139
euperístatos — thwarting
ἐφίστημι G2186
ephístēmi — to approach
καθίστημι G2525
kathístēmi — to appoint/conduct
μεθίστημι G3179
methístēmi — to move
παρίστημι G3936
parístēmi — to stand by
περιΐστημι G4026
periḯstēmi — to stand around
προΐστημι G4291
proḯstēmi — to set before
πρωτοστάτης G4414
prōtostátēs — ringleader
στάδιον G4712
stádion — stadium
στάμνος G4713
stámnos — jar
στάσις G4714
stásis — uprising
σταυρός G4716
staurós — cross