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:
Revelation 14:1: "and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion,"
Revelation 15:2: "number of his name, stand on the sea of glass,"
Revelation 18:10: " Standing afar off for the fear of her torment,"
Revelation 18:15: "which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the"
Revelation 18:17: "as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,"
Revelation 19:17: "I saw an angel standing in the sun; and"
Revelation 20:12: "small and great, stand before God; and the books"
