Strong's #2476: histemi (pronounced his'-tay-mee)
a prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses); to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively):--abide, appoint, bring, continue, covenant, establish, hold up, lay, present, set (up), stanch, stand (by, forth, still, up). Compare 5087.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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histēmi
1) to cause or make to stand, to place, put, set
1a) to bid to stand by, [set up]
1a1) in the presence of others, in the midst, before judges, before members of the Sanhedrin
1a2) to place
1b) to make firm, fix establish
1b1) to cause a person or a thing to keep his or its place
1b2) to stand, be kept intact (of family, a kingdom), to escape in safety
1b3) to establish a thing, cause it to stand
1b3a) to uphold or sustain the authority or force of anything
1c) to set or place in a balance
1c1) to weigh: money to one (because in very early times before the introduction of coinage, the metals used to be weighed)
2) to stand
2a) to stand by or near
2a1) to stop, stand still, to stand immovable, stand firm
2a1a) of the foundation of a building
2b) to stand
2b1) continue safe and sound, stand unharmed, to stand ready or prepared
2b2) to be of a steadfast mind
2b3) of quality, one who does not hesitate, does not waiver
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a prolonged form of a primary stao (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses)
Citing in TDNT: 7:638, 1082
Usage:
This word is used 157 times:
Matthew 2:9: "them, till it came and stood over where the young child"
Matthew 4:5: "the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle"
Matthew 6:5: "are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and"
Matthew 12:25: "against itself shall not stand:"
Matthew 12:26: "shall then his kingdom stand?"
Matthew 12:46: "and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him."
Matthew 12:47: "and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee."
Matthew 13:2: "the whole multitude stood on the shore."
Matthew 16:28: "unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste"
Matthew 18:2: "called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,"
Matthew 18:16: "witnesses every word may be established."
Matthew 20:3: "hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,"
Matthew 20:6: "he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them,"
Matthew 20:6: "saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day"
Matthew 20:32: "And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What"
Matthew 24:15: "Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth,"
Matthew 25:33: "And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but"
Matthew 26:15: "unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver."
Matthew 26:73: "after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou"
Matthew 27:11: "And Jesus stood before the governor: and the"
Matthew 27:47: "Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth"
Mark 3:24: "that kingdom cannot stand."
Mark 3:25: "that house cannot stand."
Mark 3:26: "and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end."
Mark 3:31: "his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him,"
Mark 9:1: "That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste"
Mark 9:36: "And he took a child, and set him in the midst"
Mark 10:49: "And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call"
Mark 11:5: "And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do"
Mark 13:9: "in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and"
Mark 13:14: "Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth"
Luke 1:11: "unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar"
Luke 4:9: "to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the"
Luke 5:1: "word of God, he stood by the"
Luke 5:2: "saw two ships standing by the lake: but"
Luke 6:8: "hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And"
Luke 6:8: "And he arose and stood forth."
Luke 6:17: "he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and"
Luke 7:14: "bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say"
Luke 7:38: "And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began"
Luke 8:20: "and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee."
Luke 8:44: "her issue of blood staunched."
Luke 9:27: "of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste"
Luke 9:47: "heart, took a child, and set him by him,"
Luke 11:18: "how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out"
Luke 13:25: "hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and"
Luke 17:12: "men that were lepers, which stood afar off:"
Luke 18:11: "The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God,"
Luke 18:13: "And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up"
Luke 18:40: "And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him:"
