Greek verb · G1991
ἐπιστηρίζω
episterizoep-ee-stay-rid'-zo
to strengthen
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epistērízō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1991is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1991
to support further, i.e. reestablish
The King James renders it: confirm, strengthen.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
episterizo is rendered "to strengthen". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Four of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
Acts 14:22ἐπιστηρίζοντες
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's four uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- strengthening3
- strengthened1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιστρέφω | epistrepho | to turn | Uses36 |
| ἐπιστολή | epistole | epistle | Uses24 |
| ἐπίσταμαι | epistamai | to know/understand | Uses14 |
| ἐπισκέπτομαι | episkeptomai | to visit/care for | Uses11 |
| ἐπισυνάγω | episynago | to gather | Uses8 |
| ἐπιστάτης | epistates | master | Uses7 |
| ἐπισκιάζω | episkiazo | to overshadow | Uses5 |
| ἐπίσκοπος | episkopos | overseer | Uses5 |
| ἐπισκοπή | episkope | oversight | Uses4 |
| ἐπιστέλλω | epistello | to write to | Uses3 |
| ἐπίσημος | episemos | notable | Uses2 |
| ἐπισκοπέω | episkopeo | to oversee/care for | Uses2 |
and 12 more on the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπιστηρίζων2
- ἐπεστήριξαν1
- ἐπιστηρίζοντες1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-PAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
Acts
four uses
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
- ἐπιστηρίζοντεςepisterizontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: strengthening
Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.
- ἐπεστήριξανepesterixanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: strengthened
And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
- ἐπιστηρίζωνepisterizonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: strengthening
After Paul had spent some time in Antioch, he traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
- ἐπιστηρίζωνepisterizonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: strengthening
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.