Strong G1987ἐπίσταμαι
to know/understand
- Transliteration
- epistamai
- Pronunciation
- ep-is'-tam-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπίσταμαι
(prob. an old mid, of ἐφίστημι, which see), [in LXX chiefly for יָדַע;]
to know, know of, understand: with accusative of person(s), Act.19:15; with ptcp., Act.24:10; with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.14:68, Act.18:25, 1Ti.6:4, Jas.4:14, Ju 10; before περί, Act.26:26; ὅτι, Act.15:7 19:25 22:19; ὡς, Act.10:28; πῶς, Act.20:18; ποῦ, Heb.11:8.†
SYN: γινώσκω (which see), οἶδα
(AS)
(prob. an old mid, of ἐφίστημι, which see), [in LXX chiefly for יָדַע;]
to know, know of, understand: with accusative of person(s), Act.19:15; with ptcp., Act.24:10; with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.14:68, Act.18:25, 1Ti.6:4, Jas.4:14, Ju 10; before περί, Act.26:26; ὅτι, Act.15:7 19:25 22:19; ὡς, Act.10:28; πῶς, Act.20:18; ποῦ, Heb.11:8.†
SYN: γινώσκω (which see), οἶδα
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1987 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- know12
- knoweth1
- understand1
First verses
- Mark 14:68But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
- Acts 10:28And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
- Acts 15:7And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
- Acts 18:25This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
- Acts 19:15And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
- Acts 19:25Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
- Acts 20:18And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,
- Acts 22:19And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
- Acts 24:10Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
- Acts 26:26For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
- 1 Timothy 6:4He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
- Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
- James 4:14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
- Jude 1:10But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπίστᾰμαι, 2
person -ασαι[Refs 6th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 376, 982, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 629, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 296a, but ἐπίστᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.80, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 86, 581, ἐπίστῃ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1085, “PCair.Zen.” 41.19 (3rd c.BC), _Ionic dialect_ ἐπίστεαι ἐξ-) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.135; _imperative_ ἐπίστασο [prev. work] 29, 209, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 840, 967, “PCair.Zen.” 57.4 (3rd c.BC), etc., but ἐπίσταο variant in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.209)], contraction ἐπίστω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 658, etc.)]; subjunctive Ionic dialect ἐπιστέωμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134)], Attic dialect ἐπίστωμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 296a)]: imperfect ἠπιστάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 267, etc.; without augment ἐπίστατο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.60: 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus has ἐπ- 5.42 (variant ἠπ-), ἠπ- 3.139)]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἠπιστέατο or ἐπιστέατο [Refs (8.132)]: future ἐπιστήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.320, etc.)]: aorist 1 ἠπιστήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.15, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 687a.)]
I. know how to do, be able to do, capable of doing, c.infinitive, οὐδέ οἱ ὀστέ᾽ ἐπιστήσονται Ἀχαιοὶ ἀλλέξαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.320, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.207, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 70, etc.: 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has it both of intellectual power, ὅς τις ἐπίσταιτο ᾗσι φρεσὶν ἄρτια βάζειν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.92; ἐπιστάμεναι σάφα θυμῷ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.730)]; and of artistic skill, ὃς χερσὶν ἐπίστατο δαίδαλα πάντα τεύχειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.60)]: frequently in Trag. and Attic dialect, οὔπω σωφρονεῖν ἐπίστασαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 982, compare 1032, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 589; πένεσθαι δ᾽ οὐκ ἐ. δόμος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 962; ἐ... θεοὺς σέβειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 996, cf. Alcaeus566)]; κιθαρίζειν οὐκ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 989, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 223d, “R.” 420e, +others: without)]infinitive, σῷζ ὅπως ἐπίστασαι as best you can, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 376, compare “Eu.” 581.)]
I.2. to be assured, feel sure that.., τοῦτον ἐπίστανται πλεῖστα εἰδέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 57, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134, 139, 6.139, +others: followed by ὡς, [prev. author] 1.122.)]
II. with accusative, understand a matter, know, be versed in or acquainted with, πολλὰ δ᾽ ἐπίστατο ἔργα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.705, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.117; Μουσέων δῶρον 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 1; τὴν τέχνην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130; τὸ μέλλον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 373; ἐμπειρίᾳ ἐ. τὴν ναυτικήν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.10; τὰς φύσεις ὑμῶν [prev. author] 7.14; πάσας τὰς δημιουργίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 598c)]; ἔγωγε γράμματ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 122)]; τὸ μὴ ἐ. γράμματα illiteracy, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“PRyl.” 73.19 (1st c.BC), etc.)]; ἐ. ἱερατικὰ καὶ Αἰγύπτια γράμματα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PTeb.” 291.41 (2nd c.AD))]; ἐ. μύθους τοὺς Αἰσώπου know them by heart, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61b, compare “Grg.” 484b: also with an)] adverb, Συριστὶ ἐ. know Syrian, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.31)]; with accusative and infinitive conjoined, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 276)]; with infinitive to explanation the accusative, ἔργον δὲ μοῦνον ἐσθίειν ἐ. [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.24, compare 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 65.)]
II.2. after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], know as a fact, know for certain, ἐπισταμένοισι εὖ οὐκ ἄν τις λέγοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.8.ά, etc.)]; used convertibly with εἰδέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 163b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 66b31, “Ph.” 184a10)]; even χάριν ἐ., ={χάριν εἰδέναι}, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 8.246c (but sometimes εἰδέναι is general, ἐπίστασθαι)] being confined to scientific knowledge (ἐπιστήμη), διὰ τὸ εἰδέναι τὸ ἐπίστασθαι ἐδίωκον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 982b21): frequently strengthened, εὖ ἐ)]. Hdt.[same place]; σαφῶς ἐ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 840, etc.: most frequently with _accusative_, τὰ διαφέροντα ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.19, etc.; also ἐ. περί τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.3, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.60; περὶ θεῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 795.4: followed by a dependent clause, τί σφιν χρήσηται ἐ. 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 772)]; ἐ. ὅτι.., or ἐ. τοῦτο, ὅτι.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.3, 156, etc.; ὡς.. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 599; τοῦτ᾽ ἐπίστασ᾽, ὡς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1370; ἐ. αὐτὸν οἷς ψωμίζεται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 715, etc.)]
II.3. rarely, know a person, Ἀρίγνωτον γὰρ οὐδεὶς ὅστις οὐκ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1278, compare 1st c.AD: Musonius Philosophus “fragment” 3p.12H., 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 1)]; τὸν Ἰησοῦν γινώσκω καὶ τὸν Παῦλον ἐ. [NT (NT.Act.19.15)]; but ὁ παῖς τοὺς τεκόντας οὐκ ἐ. does not know who they are, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 51.)]
III. with participle, in Prose and Trag., know that one is, has, etc., εὖ ἐ. αὐτὸς σχήσων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.42; ἐσθλὸς ὢν ἐπίστασο 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1399, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.44)]; also ὡς ὧδ᾽ ἐχόντων τῶνδ᾽ ἐ. σε χρή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 281)]; ὡς φανέν γε τοὔπος ὧδ᾽ ἐ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “OT” 848: with double _accusative_, ἑαυτοὺς Φαυστύλου ἠπιστάμεθα παῖδας (i.e. ὄντας) 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 7)]: c.accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1092, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 53.1.)]
IV. present participle ἐπιστάμενος, η, ον, frequently as adjective, knowing, understanding, skilful, ἀνδρὸς ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.359; χαλεπὸν ἐ. περ ἐόντι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.80)]; καὶ μάλ᾽ ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.313)]; even of a dancer's feet, θρέξασκον ἐπισταμένοισι πόδεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.599: also with _genitive_, φόρμιγγος ἐ. καὶ ἀοιδῆς)] skilled, versed in them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.406: and with _dative_, ἄκοντι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.282: hence,)]
IV.2. adverb ἐπιστᾰμένως skilfully, expertly,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (7.317, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 87, etc.)]; εὖ καὶ ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.265, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.161, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 107; ἐ. πίνειν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 212)]; also in Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.3, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 146.7, Vett. Val. 298.2)]: c.infinitive, with knowledge how to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 14.4. (Since ἐφίστημι τὸν νοῦν is used in the sense of ἐπίσταμαι)], attend, observe, it is probably that ἐπίσταμαι is merely an old middle form of ἐφίστημι,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 247b11 τῷ γὰρ ἠρεμῆσαι καὶ στῆναι τὴν διάνοιαν ἐπίστασθαι.. λέγομεν, and see at {ἐπίστασις} II.2.))]
person -ασαι[Refs 6th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 376, 982, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 629, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 296a, but ἐπίστᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.80, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 86, 581, ἐπίστῃ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1085, “PCair.Zen.” 41.19 (3rd c.BC), _Ionic dialect_ ἐπίστεαι ἐξ-) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.135; _imperative_ ἐπίστασο [prev. work] 29, 209, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 840, 967, “PCair.Zen.” 57.4 (3rd c.BC), etc., but ἐπίσταο variant in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.209)], contraction ἐπίστω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 658, etc.)]; subjunctive Ionic dialect ἐπιστέωμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134)], Attic dialect ἐπίστωμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 296a)]: imperfect ἠπιστάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 267, etc.; without augment ἐπίστατο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.60: 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus has ἐπ- 5.42 (variant ἠπ-), ἠπ- 3.139)]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἠπιστέατο or ἐπιστέατο [Refs (8.132)]: future ἐπιστήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.320, etc.)]: aorist 1 ἠπιστήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.15, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 687a.)]
I. know how to do, be able to do, capable of doing, c.infinitive, οὐδέ οἱ ὀστέ᾽ ἐπιστήσονται Ἀχαιοὶ ἀλλέξαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.320, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.207, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 70, etc.: 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has it both of intellectual power, ὅς τις ἐπίσταιτο ᾗσι φρεσὶν ἄρτια βάζειν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.92; ἐπιστάμεναι σάφα θυμῷ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.730)]; and of artistic skill, ὃς χερσὶν ἐπίστατο δαίδαλα πάντα τεύχειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.60)]: frequently in Trag. and Attic dialect, οὔπω σωφρονεῖν ἐπίστασαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 982, compare 1032, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 589; πένεσθαι δ᾽ οὐκ ἐ. δόμος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 962; ἐ... θεοὺς σέβειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 996, cf. Alcaeus566)]; κιθαρίζειν οὐκ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 989, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 223d, “R.” 420e, +others: without)]infinitive, σῷζ ὅπως ἐπίστασαι as best you can, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 376, compare “Eu.” 581.)]
I.2. to be assured, feel sure that.., τοῦτον ἐπίστανται πλεῖστα εἰδέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 57, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134, 139, 6.139, +others: followed by ὡς, [prev. author] 1.122.)]
II. with accusative, understand a matter, know, be versed in or acquainted with, πολλὰ δ᾽ ἐπίστατο ἔργα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.705, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.117; Μουσέων δῶρον 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 1; τὴν τέχνην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130; τὸ μέλλον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 373; ἐμπειρίᾳ ἐ. τὴν ναυτικήν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.10; τὰς φύσεις ὑμῶν [prev. author] 7.14; πάσας τὰς δημιουργίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 598c)]; ἔγωγε γράμματ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 122)]; τὸ μὴ ἐ. γράμματα illiteracy, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“PRyl.” 73.19 (1st c.BC), etc.)]; ἐ. ἱερατικὰ καὶ Αἰγύπτια γράμματα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PTeb.” 291.41 (2nd c.AD))]; ἐ. μύθους τοὺς Αἰσώπου know them by heart, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61b, compare “Grg.” 484b: also with an)] adverb, Συριστὶ ἐ. know Syrian, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.31)]; with accusative and infinitive conjoined, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 276)]; with infinitive to explanation the accusative, ἔργον δὲ μοῦνον ἐσθίειν ἐ. [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.24, compare 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 65.)]
II.2. after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], know as a fact, know for certain, ἐπισταμένοισι εὖ οὐκ ἄν τις λέγοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.8.ά, etc.)]; used convertibly with εἰδέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 163b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 66b31, “Ph.” 184a10)]; even χάριν ἐ., ={χάριν εἰδέναι}, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 8.246c (but sometimes εἰδέναι is general, ἐπίστασθαι)] being confined to scientific knowledge (ἐπιστήμη), διὰ τὸ εἰδέναι τὸ ἐπίστασθαι ἐδίωκον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 982b21): frequently strengthened, εὖ ἐ)]. Hdt.[same place]; σαφῶς ἐ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 840, etc.: most frequently with _accusative_, τὰ διαφέροντα ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.19, etc.; also ἐ. περί τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.3, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.60; περὶ θεῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 795.4: followed by a dependent clause, τί σφιν χρήσηται ἐ. 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 772)]; ἐ. ὅτι.., or ἐ. τοῦτο, ὅτι.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.3, 156, etc.; ὡς.. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 599; τοῦτ᾽ ἐπίστασ᾽, ὡς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1370; ἐ. αὐτὸν οἷς ψωμίζεται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 715, etc.)]
II.3. rarely, know a person, Ἀρίγνωτον γὰρ οὐδεὶς ὅστις οὐκ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1278, compare 1st c.AD: Musonius Philosophus “fragment” 3p.12H., 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 1)]; τὸν Ἰησοῦν γινώσκω καὶ τὸν Παῦλον ἐ. [NT (NT.Act.19.15)]; but ὁ παῖς τοὺς τεκόντας οὐκ ἐ. does not know who they are, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 51.)]
III. with participle, in Prose and Trag., know that one is, has, etc., εὖ ἐ. αὐτὸς σχήσων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.42; ἐσθλὸς ὢν ἐπίστασο 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1399, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.44)]; also ὡς ὧδ᾽ ἐχόντων τῶνδ᾽ ἐ. σε χρή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 281)]; ὡς φανέν γε τοὔπος ὧδ᾽ ἐ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “OT” 848: with double _accusative_, ἑαυτοὺς Φαυστύλου ἠπιστάμεθα παῖδας (i.e. ὄντας) 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 7)]: c.accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1092, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 53.1.)]
IV. present participle ἐπιστάμενος, η, ον, frequently as adjective, knowing, understanding, skilful, ἀνδρὸς ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.359; χαλεπὸν ἐ. περ ἐόντι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.80)]; καὶ μάλ᾽ ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.313)]; even of a dancer's feet, θρέξασκον ἐπισταμένοισι πόδεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.599: also with _genitive_, φόρμιγγος ἐ. καὶ ἀοιδῆς)] skilled, versed in them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.406: and with _dative_, ἄκοντι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.282: hence,)]
IV.2. adverb ἐπιστᾰμένως skilfully, expertly,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (7.317, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 87, etc.)]; εὖ καὶ ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.265, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.161, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 107; ἐ. πίνειν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 212)]; also in Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.3, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 146.7, Vett. Val. 298.2)]: c.infinitive, with knowledge how to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 14.4. (Since ἐφίστημι τὸν νοῦν is used in the sense of ἐπίσταμαι)], attend, observe, it is probably that ἐπίσταμαι is merely an old middle form of ἐφίστημι,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 247b11 τῷ γὰρ ἠρεμῆσαι καὶ στῆναι τὴν διάνοιαν ἐπίστασθαι.. λέγομεν, and see at {ἐπίστασις} II.2.))]