Strong G1764ἐνίστημι
be present
- Transliteration
- enistēmi
- Pronunciation
- en-is'-tay-mee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐν-ίστημι
[in LXX: 4Ki.13:6 A (עֶמְדָּה), 3Ki.12:24, 1Es.5:47 Est.9:6, Est.3:13, 1; 4Ma.9.1-32 *;]
to place in; in pf., plpf., 2 aor. and in mid., intrans.;
__(a) to be at hand, impend, threaten: 2Ti.3:1;
__(b) to be present: 2Th.2:2 (but see Thayer, see word); pf. ptcp., present: 1Co.7:26, Gal.1:4, Heb.9:9; pl., Rom.8:38, 1Co.3:22 (Cremer, 3O9).†
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[in LXX: 4Ki.13:6 A (עֶמְדָּה), 3Ki.12:24, 1Es.5:47 Est.9:6, Est.3:13, 1; 4Ma.9.1-32 *;]
to place in; in pf., plpf., 2 aor. and in mid., intrans.;
__(a) to be at hand, impend, threaten: 2Ti.3:1;
__(b) to be present: 2Th.2:2 (but see Thayer, see word); pf. ptcp., present: 1Co.7:26, Gal.1:4, Heb.9:9; pl., Rom.8:38, 1Co.3:22 (Cremer, 3O9).†
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In the Bible
Strong G1764 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- present3
- thing2
- come1
- hand1
First verses
- Romans 8:38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
- 1 Corinthians 3:22Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
- 1 Corinthians 7:26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
- Galatians 1:4Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
- 2 Thessalonians 2:2That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
- 2 Timothy 3:1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
- Hebrews 9:9Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐνίστημι,
causal in present, future and aorist 1 active, and aorist 1 middle:— put, place in, ἵππον ἐν λίθοις ἐνιστάναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 1.16; στήλας ἐνίστη ἐς τὰς χώρας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.102)]; εἰς αὐτὴν (i.e. τὴν πόλιν) ἡνίοχον ἐνστῆσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 266e)]; τοὺς ἱπποκόμους εἰς (i.e. amongst) τοὺς ἱππέας ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 5.6: with _dative_, ἱστὸν ἐνεστήσαντο μεσόδμῃ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.563.)]
2 in Law, institute an heir, ἐ. κληρονόμους τοὺς υἱούς [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“PMasp.” 151.75 (6th c.AD).)]
3 aorist 1 middle, also, begin, ὅσαι τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτ᾽ ἐνεστήσαντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 268; οὐδὲν πώποτε τῶν πραγμάτων ἐνεστήσασθ᾽ ὀρθῶς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.21)]; ὁ τοιοῦτον ἀγῶν᾽ ἐνστησάμενος [Refs ([prev. author] 18.4)]; ἐ. τὸ πρᾶγμα, Latin rem instituere, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 951a28; ἀρχὰς τῆς γενέσεως 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.10.4)]; ὀργὴν καὶ μῖσος πρός τινα ἐνστήσασθαι to begin to show.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.82.9; πρᾶξιν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aratus” 16)]: with infinitive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.53.)]
4 ἐνστήσασθαι τὸ μέγεθος determine the size, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 50.29.)]
B passive, with aorist 2, perfect, and pluperfect active:—to be set in, stand in, λὁχοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 896; ἐν τῷ νηῷ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.91: _absolutely_, πύλαι ἐνεστᾶσι ἑκατόν [prev. author] 1.179, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 50d, etc.)]
B.2 enter upon, take possession of, ὁ νικάσας ἐν τὰν οὐσίαν ἐνίσταται τὰν τοῦ ἁλόντος [Refs (“Foed. Delph.Pell.” 2 B 14.)]
B.II to be appointed, σοῦ ἐνεστεῶτος βασιλέος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120, compare 6.59; ἐς ἀρχήν [prev. author] 3.68; ἐς τυραννίδας [prev. author] 2.147.)]
B.III to be upon, threaten, with dative person, τοιούτων τοῖσι Σπαρτιήτῃσι ἐνεστεώτων πρηγμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.83; τὸν πόλεμον τὸν ἐνστάντα σοὶ καὶ τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.2)]; in war, press hard, τινί [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.97.1)]: absolutely, begin, [τοῦ θέρους] ἐνισταμένου [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.8.2; ἐνισταμένου τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ LXX.1Ki.12.24)]; to be at hand, arise, ὁ τότ᾽ ἐνστὰς πόλεμος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.89, compare 139, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.71.4; τοῦ πολέμου πρὸς Φίλιππον ὑμῖν ἐνεστηκότος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.58)]: especially in perfect participle, pending, present, μιᾶς ἐνεστώσης δίκης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 779, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.45, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.14; ὁ νῦν ἐνεστηκὼς ἀγών 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 7; so οὐδενὸς ἡμῖν ἐνεστῶτος πρὸς αὐτούς “PStrassb.” 91.21 (1st c.BC))]; of Time, instant, present, τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος μηνός Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.157)]; ἡ ἐνεστῶσα κακία, ἀνάγκη, [NT+4th c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.60, NT.1Cor.7.26; κατὰ τὸν ἐ. καιρόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1366b23; ἀγαθὸν ἐνεστὼς ἢ μέλλον “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.94; compare ἐνεστάναι τὸν πάντα χρόνον ὡς τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν ἐνεστηκέναι λέγομεν 2nd c.BC: Apollodorus Seleuciensis Stoicus 3.260.)]
B.III.2 esp. Grammars, ὁ ἐνεστὼς (i.e. χρόνος) the present tense, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Stoic. 2.48, 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 638.22, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 58.7, +others; also ἐνεστῶσα συντέλεια)]the state of completion expressed by the perfect tense, [Refs ([prev. author] “Synt.” 205.15: also in)]aorist, τοῦ ποτὲ ἐνστάντος when the moment has arrived, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.3.13)]; τὰ ἐνεστηκότα πράγματα present circumstances, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.6; so τὰ ἐνεστῶτα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.26.3.)]
B.IV stand in the way, resist, block, τοῖς ποιουμένοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.69; τῇ φυγῇ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 13; τῇ αὐξήσει [prev. author] “Rom.” 25; πρὸς πᾶσάν τινι πολιτείαν [prev. author] “Arist.” 3, compare “Marc.” 22)]: absolutely, stand in the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23; in argument, ἐνέστηκεν ὃ νυνδὴ Κέβης ἔλεγε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 77b)]; ὁ ἐνεστηκώς the opponent in a lawsuit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 45.28 (Halic., 5th c.BC).)]
B.IV.2 in Logic, object, τῷ καθόλου [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 157b3; πρὸς τὸν ἔξω λόγον [prev. author] “APo.” 76b26: _absolutely_, [prev. author] “Rh.” 1402b24, +others; ἐ. ὅτι.. [prev. author] “APr.” 69b6; ὡς.. [prev. author] “EN” 1172b35, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 176.23.)]
B.IV.3 of the Roman tribunes, exercise the right of intercessio, veto, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.16.4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tiberius Gracchus” 10, +others)]
B.V of fluids, congeal, freeze, ὕδωρ ἐνεστηκός [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.13.1)]; become impacted in, ἐνιστάμενον ἐπὶ τὰ τοῦ στομάχου στενά (i.e. γάλα) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Alex.” 26.)]
causal in present, future and aorist 1 active, and aorist 1 middle:— put, place in, ἵππον ἐν λίθοις ἐνιστάναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 1.16; στήλας ἐνίστη ἐς τὰς χώρας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.102)]; εἰς αὐτὴν (i.e. τὴν πόλιν) ἡνίοχον ἐνστῆσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 266e)]; τοὺς ἱπποκόμους εἰς (i.e. amongst) τοὺς ἱππέας ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 5.6: with _dative_, ἱστὸν ἐνεστήσαντο μεσόδμῃ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.563.)]
2 in Law, institute an heir, ἐ. κληρονόμους τοὺς υἱούς [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“PMasp.” 151.75 (6th c.AD).)]
3 aorist 1 middle, also, begin, ὅσαι τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτ᾽ ἐνεστήσαντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 268; οὐδὲν πώποτε τῶν πραγμάτων ἐνεστήσασθ᾽ ὀρθῶς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.21)]; ὁ τοιοῦτον ἀγῶν᾽ ἐνστησάμενος [Refs ([prev. author] 18.4)]; ἐ. τὸ πρᾶγμα, Latin rem instituere, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 951a28; ἀρχὰς τῆς γενέσεως 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.10.4)]; ὀργὴν καὶ μῖσος πρός τινα ἐνστήσασθαι to begin to show.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.82.9; πρᾶξιν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aratus” 16)]: with infinitive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.53.)]
4 ἐνστήσασθαι τὸ μέγεθος determine the size, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 50.29.)]
B passive, with aorist 2, perfect, and pluperfect active:—to be set in, stand in, λὁχοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 896; ἐν τῷ νηῷ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.91: _absolutely_, πύλαι ἐνεστᾶσι ἑκατόν [prev. author] 1.179, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 50d, etc.)]
B.2 enter upon, take possession of, ὁ νικάσας ἐν τὰν οὐσίαν ἐνίσταται τὰν τοῦ ἁλόντος [Refs (“Foed. Delph.Pell.” 2 B 14.)]
B.II to be appointed, σοῦ ἐνεστεῶτος βασιλέος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120, compare 6.59; ἐς ἀρχήν [prev. author] 3.68; ἐς τυραννίδας [prev. author] 2.147.)]
B.III to be upon, threaten, with dative person, τοιούτων τοῖσι Σπαρτιήτῃσι ἐνεστεώτων πρηγμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.83; τὸν πόλεμον τὸν ἐνστάντα σοὶ καὶ τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.2)]; in war, press hard, τινί [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.97.1)]: absolutely, begin, [τοῦ θέρους] ἐνισταμένου [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.8.2; ἐνισταμένου τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ LXX.1Ki.12.24)]; to be at hand, arise, ὁ τότ᾽ ἐνστὰς πόλεμος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.89, compare 139, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.71.4; τοῦ πολέμου πρὸς Φίλιππον ὑμῖν ἐνεστηκότος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.58)]: especially in perfect participle, pending, present, μιᾶς ἐνεστώσης δίκης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 779, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.45, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.14; ὁ νῦν ἐνεστηκὼς ἀγών 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 7; so οὐδενὸς ἡμῖν ἐνεστῶτος πρὸς αὐτούς “PStrassb.” 91.21 (1st c.BC))]; of Time, instant, present, τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος μηνός Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.157)]; ἡ ἐνεστῶσα κακία, ἀνάγκη, [NT+4th c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.60, NT.1Cor.7.26; κατὰ τὸν ἐ. καιρόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1366b23; ἀγαθὸν ἐνεστὼς ἢ μέλλον “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.94; compare ἐνεστάναι τὸν πάντα χρόνον ὡς τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν ἐνεστηκέναι λέγομεν 2nd c.BC: Apollodorus Seleuciensis Stoicus 3.260.)]
B.III.2 esp. Grammars, ὁ ἐνεστὼς (i.e. χρόνος) the present tense, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Stoic. 2.48, 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 638.22, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 58.7, +others; also ἐνεστῶσα συντέλεια)]the state of completion expressed by the perfect tense, [Refs ([prev. author] “Synt.” 205.15: also in)]aorist, τοῦ ποτὲ ἐνστάντος when the moment has arrived, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.3.13)]; τὰ ἐνεστηκότα πράγματα present circumstances, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.6; so τὰ ἐνεστῶτα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.26.3.)]
B.IV stand in the way, resist, block, τοῖς ποιουμένοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.69; τῇ φυγῇ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 13; τῇ αὐξήσει [prev. author] “Rom.” 25; πρὸς πᾶσάν τινι πολιτείαν [prev. author] “Arist.” 3, compare “Marc.” 22)]: absolutely, stand in the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23; in argument, ἐνέστηκεν ὃ νυνδὴ Κέβης ἔλεγε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 77b)]; ὁ ἐνεστηκώς the opponent in a lawsuit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 45.28 (Halic., 5th c.BC).)]
B.IV.2 in Logic, object, τῷ καθόλου [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 157b3; πρὸς τὸν ἔξω λόγον [prev. author] “APo.” 76b26: _absolutely_, [prev. author] “Rh.” 1402b24, +others; ἐ. ὅτι.. [prev. author] “APr.” 69b6; ὡς.. [prev. author] “EN” 1172b35, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 176.23.)]
B.IV.3 of the Roman tribunes, exercise the right of intercessio, veto, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.16.4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tiberius Gracchus” 10, +others)]
B.V of fluids, congeal, freeze, ὕδωρ ἐνεστηκός [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.13.1)]; become impacted in, ἐνιστάμενον ἐπὶ τὰ τοῦ στομάχου στενά (i.e. γάλα) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Alex.” 26.)]