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:
Acts 17:22: "Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men"
Acts 17:31: "Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the"
Acts 21:40: "when he had given him license, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned"
Acts 22:25: "said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge"
Acts 22:30: "to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them."
Acts 24:20: "evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,"
Acts 24:21: "voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching"
Acts 25:10: "Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat,"
Acts 25:18: "whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things"
Acts 26:6: "And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise"
Acts 26:16: "But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for"
Acts 26:22: "help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing"
Acts 27:21: "long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said,"
Romans 3:31: "faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law."
Romans 5:2: "this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in"
Romans 10:3: "righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves"
Romans 11:20: "they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but"
Romans 14:4: "or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able"
Romans 14:4: "God is able to make him stand."
1 Corinthians 7:37: "Nevertheless he that standeth steadfast in his heart, having no"
1 Corinthians 10:12: "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."
1 Corinthians 15:1: "ye have received, and wherein ye stand;"
2 Corinthians 1:24: "joy: for by faith ye stand."
2 Corinthians 13:1: "witnesses shall every word be established."
Ephesians 6:11: "of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the"
Ephesians 6:13: "day, and having done all, to stand."
Ephesians 6:14: " Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and"
Colossians 4:12: "in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in"
2 Timothy 2:19: "Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal,"
Hebrews 10:9: "the first, that he may establish the second."
Hebrews 10:11: "And every priest standeth daily ministering"
James 2:3: "say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit"
James 5:9: "ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door."
1 Peter 5:12: "the true grace of God wherein ye stand."
Jude 1:24: "you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory"
Revelation 3:20: "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if"
Revelation 5:6: "the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having"
Revelation 6:17: "and who shall be able to stand?"
Revelation 7:1: "I saw four angels standing on the four corners"
Revelation 7:9: "and people, and tongues, stood before the throne,"
Revelation 7:11: "all the angels stood round about the throne, and"
Revelation 8:2: "seven angels which stood before God; and to them"
Revelation 8:3: "angel came and stood at the altar, having"
Revelation 10:5: "angel which I saw stand upon the sea and"
Revelation 10:8: "the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and"
Revelation 11:1: "and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure"
Revelation 11:4: "the two candlesticks standing before the God of the"
Revelation 11:11: "into them, and they stood upon their feet; and"
Revelation 12:4: "and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready"
Revelation 13:1: "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and"
