- Original: ἵστημι - Transliteration: histemi - Phonetic: his'-tay-mee - Definition: 1. to cause or make to stand, to place, put, set a. 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 b. 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 1b 2. to uphold or sustain the authority or force of anything a. 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) 3. to stand a. to stand by or near 1. to stop, stand still, to stand immovable, stand firm 2a b. of the foundation of a building c. 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 - Origin: a prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses) - TDNT entry: 17:38,1 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A prolonged form of a primary word στάω staō(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 G5087 . Total KJV Occurrences: 129 • appointed, 2 Act 1:23; Act 17:31 • by, 2 Mat 26:73; Joh 12:29 • continue, 1 Act 26:22 • covenanted, 1 Mat 26:15 • establish, 3 Romans 3:31; Romans 10:3; Hebrews 10:9 • established, 1 2 Corinthians 13:1 • forth, 2 Luke 6:8; Act 27:21 • lay, 1 Act 7:60 • present, 1 Jude 1:24 • set, 9 Mat 18:2; Mar 9:36; Luke 4:9; Luke 9:47; Joh 8:3; Act 4:7; Act 5:27; Act 6:6; Act 22:30 • setteth, 1 Mat 4:5 • stand, 21 Mat 12:47; Luke 8:20; Act 1:11; Act 5:20; Act 25:10; Act 26:6; Romans 5:2; Romans 14:4; 1 Corinthians 15:1; 2 Corinthians 1:24; Eph 6:11; Eph 6:13; Eph 6:14; Colossians 4:12; Jam 2:3; 1 Peter 5:12; Revelation 6:17; Revelation 10:5; Revelation 15:2; Revelation 18:15; Revelation 20:12 • standest, 2 Act 7:33; Romans 11:20 • standeth, 8 Joh 1:26; Joh 3:29; 1 Corinthians 7:37; 1 Corinthians 10:12; 2 Timothy 2:19; Hebrews 10:11; Jam 5:9; Revelation 10:8 • standing, 15 Mar 3:31; Luke 1:11; Luke 5:2; Joh 8:9; Joh 20:14; Act 4:14; Act 5:23; Act 5:25; Act 7:55; Act 7:56; Act 24:21; Revelation 7:1; Revelation 11:4; Revelation 18:10; Revelation 19:17 • staunched, 1 Luke 8:44 • still, 4 Mat 20:32; Mar 10:49; Luke 7:14; Act 8:38 • stood, 50 Mat 2:9; Mat 12:46; Mat 13:2; Mat 27:11; Mat 27:47; Mar 11:5; Luke 5:1; Luke 6:17; Luke 7:38; Luke 17:12; Luke 18:40; Luke 19:8; Luke 23:10; Luke 23:35; Luke 23:49; Luke 24:36; Joh 1:35; Joh 6:22; Joh 7:37; Joh 11:56; Joh 18:5; Joh 18:16; Joh 18:18(2); Joh 18:25; Joh 19:25; Joh 20:11; Joh 20:19; Joh 20:26; Joh 21:4; Act 3:8; Act 9:7; Act 10:30; Act 11:13; Act 12:14; Act 16:9; Act 17:22; Act 21:40; Act 24:20; Revelation 5:6; Revelation 7:9; Revelation 7:11; Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:3; Revelation 11:1; Revelation 11:11; Revelation 12:4; Revelation 13:1; Revelation 14:1; Revelation 18:17 • up, 4 Act 2:14; Act 6:13; Act 25:18; Romans 14:4 """