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:
Luke 19:8: "And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold,"
Luke 21:36: "all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the"
Luke 23:10: "chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him."
Luke 23:35: "And the people stood beholding. And the rulers"
Luke 23:49: "him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things."
Luke 24:36: "spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and"
John 1:26: "with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye"
John 1:35: "the next day after John stood, and two of his"
John 3:29: "friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth"
John 6:22: "day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw"
John 7:37: "day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If"
John 8:3: "in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,"
John 8:9: "and the woman standing in the midst."
John 8:44: "from the beginning, and abode not in the truth,"
John 11:56: "spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What"
John 12:29: "The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered:"
John 18:5: "also, which betrayed him, stood with them."
John 18:16: "But Peter stood at the door without. Then"
John 18:18: "servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was"
John 18:18: "they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them,"
John 18:25: "And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore"
John 19:25: "Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother,"
John 20:11: "But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping:"
John 20:14: "herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not"
John 20:19: "came Jesus and stood in the midst, and"
John 20:26: "doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and"
John 21:4: "was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but"
Acts 1:11: "Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same"
Acts 1:23: "And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed"
Acts 2:14: "But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his"
Acts 3:8: "And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with"
Acts 4:7: "And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By"
Acts 4:14: "the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against"
Acts 5:20: "Go, stand and speak in the temple to the"
Acts 5:23: "and the keepers standing without before the doors:"
Acts 5:25: "in prison are standing in the temple, and"
Acts 5:27: "And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and"
Acts 6:6: "Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on"
Acts 6:13: "And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth"
Acts 7:33: "the place where thou standest is holy ground."
Acts 7:55: "of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,"
Acts 7:56: "the Son of man standing on the right hand of God."
Acts 7:60: "and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin"
Acts 8:38: "he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into"
Acts 9:7: "men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice,"
Acts 10:30: "house, and, behold, a man"
Acts 10:30: "house, and, behold, a man"
Acts 11:13: "in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send"
Acts 12:14: "ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate."
Acts 16:9: "in the night; there stood a man of Macedonia, and"
