Strong G1839ἐξίστημι

to amaze

Transliteration
existēmi
Pronunciation
ex-is'-tay-mee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1537 and G2476; to put (stand) out of wits that is astound or (reflexively) become astounded insane: - amaze be (make) astonished be beside self (selves) bewitch wonder.

Detailed definition

ἐξ-ίστημι (also in Hellenistic -ιστάνω, Act 8:9),
[in LXX for H2730, etc. (29 words in all);],
1. causal in Pres., impf., fut., 1 aor., to put out of its place; metaphorically, ἐ. τινά φρενῶν (Eur.), to drive one out of his senses, hence, absol., to confound, amaze: with accusative of person(s), Luk.24:22, Act.8:9, 11.

2. Intr. in pass. and mid., also in 2 aor., pf., plpf. act., before ἐκ or with genitive, to stand aside from, retire from; esp. τ. φρενῶν, to lose one's senses (Eur.), hence, absol.;
__(a) to be beside oneself, be mad: Mrk.3:21, 2Co.5:13 (opposite to σωφρονεῖν);
__(b) to be amazed, confounded: Mat.12:23, Mrk.2:12 Mrk.5:42 Mrk.6:51, Luk.2:47 Luk.8:56, Act.2:7, 12 Act.8:13 Act.9:21 Act.10:45 Act.12:16 (Cremer, 309).†
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In the Bible

Strong G1839 appears in 17 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • amaze6
  • astonish6
  • be4
  • bewitch2
  • make1
  • wonder1

First verses

  1. Matthew 12:23
    And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
  2. Mark 2:12
    And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
  3. Mark 3:21
    And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
  4. Mark 5:42
    And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
  5. Mark 6:51
    And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
  6. Luke 2:47
    And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
  7. Luke 8:56
    And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.
  8. Luke 24:22
    Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;
  9. Acts 2:7
    And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans?
  10. Acts 2:12
    And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
  11. Acts 8:9
    But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
  12. Acts 8:11
    And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
  13. Acts 8:13
    Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
  14. Acts 9:21
    But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
  15. Acts 10:45
    And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
  16. Acts 12:16
    But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
  17. 2 Corinthians 5:13
    For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
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ἐξίστημι,
causal in present, imperfect, future, aorist 1:—displace: hence, change, alter utterly, τὰν φύσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 100c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1119a23, compare 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.2.7; τὴν πολιτείαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 10; ἐ. τῆς ποιότητος τὸν οἶνον [prev. author] 2.702a.)]
2 metaphorically, ἐξιστάναι τινὰ φρενῶν drive one out of his senses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 850; νοῦ οἶνος ἐξέστησέ με 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 265; τοῦ φρονεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.12; ταῦτα κινεῖ, ταῦτα ἐξίστησιν ἀνθρώπους αὑτῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.72)]; simply ἐ. τινά drive one out of his senses, confound, amaze, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 429; ἐξιστάντα καὶ φοβοῦντα τοὺς ἀνθρώπους 1st c.AD: Musonius Philosophus “fragment” 8p.35H.; ἐξίστησι)]diverts the attention, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1408b23)]; excite,[NT ([prev. work] 36, NT.Luke.24.22)]; τὸν λογισμόν, τὴν διάνοιαν, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 21, “Crass.” 23; also ἐ. τινὰ τῶν λογισμῶν [prev. author] “Fab.” 5; εἰς ἀπάθειαν ἐ. τὴν ψυχήν [prev. author] “Publ.” 6.)]
3 get rid of, dispose of the claims of a person, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Sammelb.” 5246.14 (1st c.BC), etc.)]
4 ἐξεστᾰκότα (ἐξεστηκότα codex): εἰς δίκην κεκληκότα, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
B intransitive in passive and middle, with aorist 2, perfect, and pluperfect active:
B.1 of Place, arise out of, become separated, ἐξ.. ἵστατο Νεῖκος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 36, compare 35.10)]; stand aside from, ἐκστάντες τῆς ὁδοῦ out of the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.76; ἐκ τοῦ μέσου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.14)]; θάκων καὶ ὁδῶν ἐ. [τινί] stand out of the way forhim, make way for him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Smp.” 4.31; ἐκστῆναί τινι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1053, “Aj.” 672, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 354, etc.)]: absolutely, in same sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1229 (troch.), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 617, etc.: _metaphorically_, ἐξ ἕδρας σοι πλόκαμος ἐξέστηχ᾽)]is displaced, disordered, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 928; οὐδὲ μένει νοῦς.. ἀλλ᾽ ἐξίσταται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 564.)]
B.2 with accusative, shrink from, shun, νιν οὐκ ἂν ἐξέστην ὄκνῳ [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aj.” 82; οὐδέν᾽ ἐξίσταμαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.319; οὐδένα πώποτε κίνδυνον ἐξέστησαν [prev. author] 20.10.)]
B.3 go out of joint, ἐ. ἰσχίον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 6.59, compare “Fract.” 14, 6.)]
B.II with genitive of things, retire from, give up possession of, τῆς ἀρχῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.63, 4.28)]; ἐκστῆναι τῆς οὐσίας, ἁπάντων τῶν ὄντων, become bankrupt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.9, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.50; τῶν ὑπαρχόντων “BGU” 473.11 (2nd c.AD).)]
B.II.2 cease from, abandon, τῆς φιλίας, τῶν μαθημάτων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.54)]; τῶν σπουδασμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 249c, etc.; οἱ τῶν πολιτικῶν ἐξεστηκότες 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.171; τῆς ὑποθέσεως 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.46)]; τῶν πεπραγμένων, i.e. disown them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 19.72; ἐ. τινὸς εἴς τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 907d)]; also ἐ. ἄθλου τινί, στρατηγίας τινί, abandon it in his favour, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Nicolaus Damascenus Historicus 73J., 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nicias” 7; τῆς Σικελίας τινι [prev. author] “Pomp.” 10.)]
B.II.3 ἐκστῆναι πατρός lose one's father, give him up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 477)]; καρδίας ἐξίσταμαι τὸ δρᾶν I depart from my heart's purpose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1105)]; especially φρενῶν ἐκστῆναι lose one's senses. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1021, etc.; διὰ τὸ γῆρας τοῦ φρονεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.18; ἐμαυτοῦ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.4, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 276; ψυχὴ ἐξεστηκυῖα τῶν λογισμῶν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 32.15.8)]: absolutely, to be out of one's wits, be distraught, ἐ. μελαγχολικῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 1.18, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 64, etc.; ἐξέστην ἰδών 4th-3rd c.BC: Philippides Comicus 27; ἐ. ὑπὸ γήρως “Comica Adespota” 860)]; ταῖς διανοίαις Vett. Val.70.25; ἐξίστασθαι καὶ μαίνεσθαι πρὸς τὴν ὀσμήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 577a12)]; of anger, εὐθέως ἐξστησόμενος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.78 W.)]; to be astonished, amazed, [NT (NT.Matt.12.23, NT.Mark.2.12, etc.)]; lose consciousness, of Sisera, [LXX (LXX.Josh.4.21.)]
B.II.4 ἐξίστασθαι τῆς αὑτοῦ ἰδέας depart from, degenerate from one's own nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 380d; ἐκ τῆς αὑτοῦ φύσεως 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 488b19; [δημοκρατία] ἐξεστηκυῖα τῆς βελτίστης τάξεως [prev. author] “Pol.” 1309b32)]; αἱ δημοκρατίαι ἐ. εἰς τὰς ἐναντίας πολιτείας degenerate into..,[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1306b18, compare “Rh.” 1390b28: _absolutely_, ἐ. μὴ μεταφυτευόμενον 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.7.6, etc., compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.649e; χυμὸς ἐξιστάμενος)]changing its properties, turning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 24)]; οἶνος ἐξεστηκώς or ἐξιστάμενος changed, sour wine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.32, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.7.5)]; πρόσωπα ἐξεστηκότα disfigured faces, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.34.)]
B.II.5 absolutely, change one's position, one's opinion, ἐγὼ μὲν ὁ αὐτός εἰμι καὶ οὐκ ἐξίσταμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.61: opposed to ἐμμένειν τῇ δόξῃ, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1151b4.)]
B.II.6 of language, to be removed from common usage, [Refs ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1404b13.)]
B.III stand out, project, ἐξεστηκός convex, opposed to κοῖλον, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 493b4.)]