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Strong's Number G2476

ἵστημι

histemi · his'-tay-mee

Transliteration:

histemi{his'-tay-mee}a prolonged form of a primary stao{stah'-o}

Word Origin:

(of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses)

TDNT:

7:638,1082

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)

Usage in the KJV:

stand 67, set 12, establish 5, stand still 1, stand by 3, misc 17, vr stand 2

Total: 158
Occurs 153 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to cause or make to stand, to place, put, set
1. to bid to stand by, [set up]
  1. in the presence of others, in the midst, before judges, before members of the Sanhedrin;
  2. to place
2. to make firm, fix establish
  1. to cause a person or a thing to keep his or its place
  2. to stand, be kept intact (of family, a kingdom), to escape in safety
  3. to establish a thing, cause it to stand
    1. to uphold or sustain the authority or force of anything
3. to set or place in a balance
  1. to weigh: money to one (because in very early times before the introduction of coinage, the metals used to be weighed)
to stand
1. to stand by or near
  1. to stop, stand still, to stand immovable, stand firm
    1. of the foundation of a building
2. to stand
  1. continue safe and sound, stand unharmed, to stand ready or prepared
  2. to be of a steadfast mind
  3. of quality, one who does not hesitate, does not waiver