Strong G4291προΐστημι
to set before
- Transliteration
- proistēmi
- Pronunciation
- pro-is'-tay-mee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προ-ΐστημι
[in LXX: 2Ki.13:17, Pro.23:5 26:17, Isa.43:24, Amo.6:10 (no proper Heb. equiv.), Dan LXX Bel 1:7, 1Ma.5:19, 4Ma.11:27 *;]
1. trans. in fut., 1 aor., and mid. 1 aor., to put before, set over (Plat., al.).
2. Intrans., in pf., plpf., 2 aor. and mid. Pres. and impf.;
__(a) to preside, rule, govern: Rom.12:8, 1Ti.5:17; with genitive, 1Th.5:12, 1Ti.3:4-5 3:12;
__(b) to direct, maintain: with genitive of thing(s), καλῶν ἔργων, Tit.3:8, 14 (on R, mg., profess honest occupations, see CGT, in l; Field, Notes, 223 f.).†
(AS)
[in LXX: 2Ki.13:17, Pro.23:5 26:17, Isa.43:24, Amo.6:10 (no proper Heb. equiv.), Dan LXX Bel 1:7, 1Ma.5:19, 4Ma.11:27 *;]
1. trans. in fut., 1 aor., and mid. 1 aor., to put before, set over (Plat., al.).
2. Intrans., in pf., plpf., 2 aor. and mid. Pres. and impf.;
__(a) to preside, rule, govern: Rom.12:8, 1Ti.5:17; with genitive, 1Th.5:12, 1Ti.3:4-5 3:12;
__(b) to direct, maintain: with genitive of thing(s), καλῶν ἔργων, Tit.3:8, 14 (on R, mg., profess honest occupations, see CGT, in l; Field, Notes, 223 f.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4291 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- maintain2
- ruleth2
- rule2
- be1
- ruling1
First verses
- Romans 12:8Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:12And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
- 1 Timothy 3:4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
- 1 Timothy 3:5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
- 1 Timothy 3:12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
- 1 Timothy 5:17Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
- Titus 3:8This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
- Titus 3:14And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
προΐστημι,
future -στήσω: aorist 1 προὔστησα, participle προστήσας, infinitive προστῆσαι. Causal in these tenses, as also in present and aorist 1 middle, set before, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, προστήσας [σε] πρὸ Ἀχαιῶν Τρωσὶ μάχεσθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.156: with _genitive_, π. τὸ σῶμα τοῦ σκοποῦ)] put his body in the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.4 (uncertain reading), compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.33.7.)]
2 set over, ὃν ἡ πόλις ἀξιοῖ αὑτῆς προϊστάναι, variant for{-εστάναι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 197d.)]
3 exhibit publicly, prostitute, π. ἐπ᾽ οἰκημάτων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 7.133.)]
II middle, mostly aorist 1, put another before oneself, choose as one's leader, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123, 4.80: with _genitive_, προΐστασθαι τουτονὶ ἑαυτοῦ)]take as one's guardian, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 565c, compare 442a (conjecture), 599a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.37; σφῶν αὐτῶν προὐστήσαντο τιμωρὸν γενέσθαι Κηφίσιον 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.139; στρατηγόν τινα τοῦ πολέμου π. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 21.)]
II.2 put before one, put in front, σκίπωνα προστήσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.172; τὰ ἅρματα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.18)]; τὴν χεῖρα, so as to shade the eyes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 960a21.)]
II.3 metaphorically, put forward as an excuse or pretence, use as a screen, τί τάδε προὐστήσω λόγ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 319; τὰ τῶν Ἀμφικτυόνωνδόγματα προστήσασθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.19, etc.: with _genitive_, [τὴν ἀτυχίαν] τῆς κακουργίας προϊστάμενος 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.3.1; τοῦ ἀγῶνος τὴν πρὸς ἔμ᾽ ἔχθραν προΐσταται 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.15.)]
II.4 προστησώμεθα Τύρταιον put him forward, cite him as an authority, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 629a.)]
II.5 prefer, value above, ὦτα τοῦ νοῦ προστησάμενοι [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 531b.)]
II.6 establish a thing before another, τοὺς ἀριθμοὺς τῆς ὑποστάσεως αὐτῶν (i.e. τῶν ὄντων) [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.6.15, compare 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 133.)]
II.7 manifest, [Refs ([prev. work] 195, +others)]
B passive, with aorist 2 active προὔστην: perfect προέστηκα, 2nd pers. plural προέστατε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49)]; infinitive προεστάναι, participle προεστώς (see. below): future perfect προεστήξομαι, see below [Refs (11.2)]:—aorist passive προεστάθην, see below[Refs (11.3)]:—come forward, variant for{προσ-} in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.15.)]
B.2 c.accusative, approach as a suppliant, ἥ σε.. λιπαρεῖ προὔστην χερί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1378)]; προστῆναι μέσην τράπεζαν uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 660.1 (perhaps προσβῆναι):—in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86, προσστῆναι is restored.)]
B.3 with dative, stand so as to face another, σοὶ γὰρ αἴας πολέμιος προὔστη ποτέ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1133:—in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.129, προσστάς is restored.)]
B.4 stand in public, be a prostitute, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator “Epistulae” 7.3, Vett. Val. 16.7.)]
B.II with genitive, to be set over, be at the head of, τῆς Ἑλλάδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.69, 5.49; τῶν Ἀρκάδων τοὺς προεστεῶτας [prev. author] 6.74)]; especially to be chief or leader of a party, τῶν παράλων, τῶν ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.59; τοῦ δήμου [prev. author] 3.82, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.70, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.7; ἡμῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 419; τῆς πόλεως 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65)]; π. αὐτῶν to be their ringleader, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.2.9)]; π. χοροῦ, στρατεύματος, [Refs ([prev. author] “Mem.” 3.4.3)]; π. τῶν πολιτειῶν head the respective parties in the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.9, etc.:)] absolutely, οἱ προεστῶτες, _Ionic dialect_ -εῶτες, the leading men, τῶν σκυθέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.79, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.11, etc.; οἱ προεστηκότες ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.1)]; οἱ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι προστάντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82; τῷ προεστῶτι καὶ ἄρχοντι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 428e.)]
B.II.2 in various relations, govern, direct, οὐκ ὀρθῶς σεωυτοῦ προέστηκας you do not manage yourself well, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.173; π. τῆς μεταβολῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.75; τοῦ ἱεροῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.31; τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ βίου [prev. author] “Mem.” 3.2.2; τοῦ πράγματος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 30.18; προεστήξομαι τῆς χωνεύσεως “PCair.Zen.” 481.9 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐργασίας, τέχνης, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 24, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.612a; π. ἐνδόξου καὶ καλῆς αἱρέσεως “OGI” 219.3 (Ilium, 3rd c.BC).)]
B.II.3 stand before so as to guard, οἱ δορυφόροι Μασίστεω προέστησαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.107, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 306, etc.)]: hence, support, succour, πρόστητ᾽ ἀναγκαίας τύχης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 803)]; ὁ προστὰς τῆς εἰρήνης the champion of peace, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.161)]; πάντων προστᾶσα [δύναμις] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 25b)]; π. τινός to be his protector, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“GDI” 1726.6 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), “PFay.” 13.5 (2nd c.BC))]; τῆς ἐναντίας π. γνώμης [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.5.8; τοῖσιν ἐχθροῖς προὐστήτην φόνου)]were the authors of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 980)]; π. [νόσου] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 221: _absolutely_, βέλεα.. ἀρωγὰ προσταθέντα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 206 (Lyric poetry).)]
future -στήσω: aorist 1 προὔστησα, participle προστήσας, infinitive προστῆσαι. Causal in these tenses, as also in present and aorist 1 middle, set before, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, προστήσας [σε] πρὸ Ἀχαιῶν Τρωσὶ μάχεσθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.156: with _genitive_, π. τὸ σῶμα τοῦ σκοποῦ)] put his body in the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.4 (uncertain reading), compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.33.7.)]
2 set over, ὃν ἡ πόλις ἀξιοῖ αὑτῆς προϊστάναι, variant for{-εστάναι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 197d.)]
3 exhibit publicly, prostitute, π. ἐπ᾽ οἰκημάτων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 7.133.)]
II middle, mostly aorist 1, put another before oneself, choose as one's leader, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123, 4.80: with _genitive_, προΐστασθαι τουτονὶ ἑαυτοῦ)]take as one's guardian, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 565c, compare 442a (conjecture), 599a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.37; σφῶν αὐτῶν προὐστήσαντο τιμωρὸν γενέσθαι Κηφίσιον 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.139; στρατηγόν τινα τοῦ πολέμου π. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 21.)]
II.2 put before one, put in front, σκίπωνα προστήσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.172; τὰ ἅρματα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.18)]; τὴν χεῖρα, so as to shade the eyes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 960a21.)]
II.3 metaphorically, put forward as an excuse or pretence, use as a screen, τί τάδε προὐστήσω λόγ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 319; τὰ τῶν Ἀμφικτυόνωνδόγματα προστήσασθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.19, etc.: with _genitive_, [τὴν ἀτυχίαν] τῆς κακουργίας προϊστάμενος 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.3.1; τοῦ ἀγῶνος τὴν πρὸς ἔμ᾽ ἔχθραν προΐσταται 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.15.)]
II.4 προστησώμεθα Τύρταιον put him forward, cite him as an authority, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 629a.)]
II.5 prefer, value above, ὦτα τοῦ νοῦ προστησάμενοι [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 531b.)]
II.6 establish a thing before another, τοὺς ἀριθμοὺς τῆς ὑποστάσεως αὐτῶν (i.e. τῶν ὄντων) [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.6.15, compare 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 133.)]
II.7 manifest, [Refs ([prev. work] 195, +others)]
B passive, with aorist 2 active προὔστην: perfect προέστηκα, 2nd pers. plural προέστατε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49)]; infinitive προεστάναι, participle προεστώς (see. below): future perfect προεστήξομαι, see below [Refs (11.2)]:—aorist passive προεστάθην, see below[Refs (11.3)]:—come forward, variant for{προσ-} in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.15.)]
B.2 c.accusative, approach as a suppliant, ἥ σε.. λιπαρεῖ προὔστην χερί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1378)]; προστῆναι μέσην τράπεζαν uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 660.1 (perhaps προσβῆναι):—in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86, προσστῆναι is restored.)]
B.3 with dative, stand so as to face another, σοὶ γὰρ αἴας πολέμιος προὔστη ποτέ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1133:—in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.129, προσστάς is restored.)]
B.4 stand in public, be a prostitute, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator “Epistulae” 7.3, Vett. Val. 16.7.)]
B.II with genitive, to be set over, be at the head of, τῆς Ἑλλάδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.69, 5.49; τῶν Ἀρκάδων τοὺς προεστεῶτας [prev. author] 6.74)]; especially to be chief or leader of a party, τῶν παράλων, τῶν ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.59; τοῦ δήμου [prev. author] 3.82, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.70, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.7; ἡμῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 419; τῆς πόλεως 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65)]; π. αὐτῶν to be their ringleader, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.2.9)]; π. χοροῦ, στρατεύματος, [Refs ([prev. author] “Mem.” 3.4.3)]; π. τῶν πολιτειῶν head the respective parties in the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.9, etc.:)] absolutely, οἱ προεστῶτες, _Ionic dialect_ -εῶτες, the leading men, τῶν σκυθέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.79, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.11, etc.; οἱ προεστηκότες ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.1)]; οἱ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι προστάντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82; τῷ προεστῶτι καὶ ἄρχοντι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 428e.)]
B.II.2 in various relations, govern, direct, οὐκ ὀρθῶς σεωυτοῦ προέστηκας you do not manage yourself well, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.173; π. τῆς μεταβολῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.75; τοῦ ἱεροῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.31; τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ βίου [prev. author] “Mem.” 3.2.2; τοῦ πράγματος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 30.18; προεστήξομαι τῆς χωνεύσεως “PCair.Zen.” 481.9 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐργασίας, τέχνης, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 24, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.612a; π. ἐνδόξου καὶ καλῆς αἱρέσεως “OGI” 219.3 (Ilium, 3rd c.BC).)]
B.II.3 stand before so as to guard, οἱ δορυφόροι Μασίστεω προέστησαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.107, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 306, etc.)]: hence, support, succour, πρόστητ᾽ ἀναγκαίας τύχης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 803)]; ὁ προστὰς τῆς εἰρήνης the champion of peace, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.161)]; πάντων προστᾶσα [δύναμις] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 25b)]; π. τινός to be his protector, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“GDI” 1726.6 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), “PFay.” 13.5 (2nd c.BC))]; τῆς ἐναντίας π. γνώμης [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.5.8; τοῖσιν ἐχθροῖς προὐστήτην φόνου)]were the authors of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 980)]; π. [νόσου] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 221: _absolutely_, βέλεα.. ἀρωγὰ προσταθέντα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 206 (Lyric poetry).)]