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Greek verb · G2476

ἵστημι

histemihis'-tay-mee

to make to stand, to place, set, set up, establish, appoint; to set in a balance, to weigh

153 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: hístēmi

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2476is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 16 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 55
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2476

to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)

The King James renders it: abide, appoint, bring, continue, covenant, establish, hold up, lay, present, set (up), stanch, stand (by, forth, still, up).

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

histemi is rendered "to make to stand, to place, set, set up, establish, appoint; to set in a balance, to weigh". It stands 153 times in the Greek text, across sixteen books.

  • Thirty-five of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to make to stand, to place, set, set up, establish, appoint".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:9After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.
  • The Greek text spells it fifty-five different ways.

The first use

After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.

Matthew 2:9ἐστάθη

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in sixteen of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 11 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to make to stand, to place, set, set up, establish, appoint, and to set in a balance, to weigh.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to make to stand, to place, set, set up, establish, appointTagged as
  • already standing20
  • having stood14
  • standing13
  • stood7
  • to stand7
  • he stood5
  • do stand4
  • Had been standing4

and 41 more, 138 uses in all

WhereMatthew 4:5Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
to set in a balance, to weighcl.; LXX for שׁקלTagged as
  • had stood9
  • having stopped3
  • stopped2
  • they appointed1
WhereIsaiah 46:6They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales…

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.

All 153, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

55 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

  • ἔστη9
  • ἑστὼς9
  • ἔστησαν8
  • ἑστῶτα8
  • εἱστήκει7
  • εἱστήκεισαν7
  • ἔστησεν7
  • ἕστηκεν6
  • ἑστῶτας6
  • Σταθεὶς6
  • ἑστῶτες5
  • σταθήσεται5

and 43 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular16V-2AAI-3S
  • verb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular12V-RAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural9V-2AAI-3P
  • verb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular8V-RAP-ASM
  • verb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural7V-LAI-3P
  • verb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular7V-LAI-3S
  • verb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular7V-RAI-3S
  • verb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural7V-RAP-NPM
  • verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular6V-APP-NSM
  • verb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural6V-RAP-APM
  • verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singular5V-FPI-3S
  • verb · perfect active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural5V-RAP-GPM

Matthew

twenty-one uses
  • After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.

    Matthew 2:9

    • ἐστάθηestatheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it was stood
  • Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.

    Matthew 4:5

    • ἔστησενestesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: set
  • And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

    Matthew 6:5

    • ἑστῶτεςhestotesverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having stood
  • Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

    Matthew 12:25

    • σταθήσεταιstathesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will stand
  • If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?

    Matthew 12:26

    • σταθήσεταιstathesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will stand
  • While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him.

    Matthew 12:46

    • εἱστήκεισανheistekeisanverb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: had been standing
  • Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.”

    Matthew 12:47

    • ἑστήκασινhestekasinverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: have stood
  • Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.

    Matthew 13:2

    • εἱστήκειheistekeiverb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: had stood
  • Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

    Matthew 16:28

    • ἑστώτωνhestotonverb · perfect active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: already standing
  • Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.

    Matthew 18:2

    • ἔστησενestesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He set
  • But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’

    Matthew 18:16

    • σταθῇstatheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be strengthened
  • About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

    Matthew 20:3

    • ἑστῶταςhestotasverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: already standing
  • About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.

    Matthew 20:6

    • ἑστῶταςhestotasverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: already standing
    • ἑστήκατεhestekateverb · perfect active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have stood
  • Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked.

    Matthew 20:32

    • στὰςstasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having stopped
  • So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

    Matthew 24:15

    • ἑστὸςhestosverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: already standing
  • He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.

    Matthew 25:33

    • στήσειsteseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will set
  • and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.

    Matthew 26:15

    • ἔστησανestesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they appointed
  • After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.”

    Matthew 26:73

    • ἑστῶτεςhestotesverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having stood
  • Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, who questioned Him: “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

    Matthew 27:11

    • ἐστάθηestatheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: stood
  • When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He is calling Elijah.”

    Matthew 27:47

    • ἑστηκότωνhestekotonverb · perfect active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: having stood

Mark

ten uses
  • If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

    Mark 3:24

    • σταθῆναιstathenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to stand
  • If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

    Mark 3:25

    • σταθῆναιstathenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to stand
  • And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.

    Mark 3:26

    • στῆναιstenaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to stand
  • He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.

    Mark 7:9

    • στήσητεsteseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may maintain
  • Then Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God arrive with power.”

    Mark 9:1

    • ἑστηκότωνhestekotonverb · perfect active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: already standing
  • Then He had a little child stand among them. Taking the child in His arms, He said to them,

    Mark 9:36

    • ἔστησενestesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He set
  • Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man. “Take courage!” they said. “Get up! He is calling for you.”

    Mark 10:49

    • στὰςstasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having stopped
  • and some who were standing there asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”

    Mark 11:5

    • ἑστηκότωνhestekotonverb · perfect active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: having stood
  • So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.

    Mark 13:9

    • σταθήσεσθεstathesestheverb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will stand
  • So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

    Mark 13:14

    • ἑστηκόταhestekotaverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: already standing

Luke

twenty-six uses
  • Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

    Luke 1:11

    • ἑστὼςhestosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: already standing
  • Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.

    Luke 4:9

    • ἔστησενestesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: set
  • On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,

    Luke 5:1

    • ἑστὼςhestosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: already standing
  • He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.

    Luke 5:2

    • ἑστῶταhestotaverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: already lying
  • But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among us.” So he got up and stood there.

    Luke 6:8

    • στῆθιstethiverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do stand
    • ἔστηesteverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he stood
  • Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

    Luke 6:17

    • ἔστηesteverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He stood
  • Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”

    Luke 7:14

    • ἔστησανestesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: stopped
  • As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.

    Luke 7:38

    • στᾶσαstasaverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having stood
  • He was told, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You.”

    Luke 8:20

    • ἑστήκασινhestekasinverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: have stood
  • She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

    Luke 8:44

    • ἔστηesteverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: stopped
  • But I tell you truthfully, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”

    Luke 9:27

    • ἑστηκότωνhestekotonverb · perfect active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: already standing
  • But Jesus, knowing the thoughts of their hearts, had a little child stand beside Him.

    Luke 9:47

    • ἔστησενestesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: set
  • If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

    Luke 11:18

    • σταθήσεταιstathesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will stand
  • After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

    Luke 13:25

    • ἑστάναιhestanaiverb · perfect active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have stood
  • As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance

    Luke 17:12

    • ἔστησανestesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: stood
  • The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

    Luke 18:11

    • σταθεὶςstatheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having stood
  • But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’

    Luke 18:13

    • ἑστὼςhestosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having stood
  • Jesus stopped and directed that the man be brought to Him. When he had been brought near, Jesus asked him,

    Luke 18:40

    • Σταθεὶςstatheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having stopped
  • But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”

    Luke 19:8

    • Σταθεὶςstatheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having stood
  • So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

    Luke 21:36

    • σταθῆναιstathenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to stand
  • Meanwhile, the chief priests and scribes stood there, vehemently accusing Him.

    Luke 23:10

    • εἱστήκεισανheistekeisanverb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Had been standing by
  • The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”

    Luke 23:35

    • εἱστήκειheistekeiverb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: had stood
  • But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things.

    Luke 23:49

    • Εἱστήκεισανheistekeisanverb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Had stood
  • He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.

    Luke 24:17

    • ἐστάθησανestathesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they stood still
  • While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

    Luke 24:36

    • ἔστηesteverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: stood

John

nineteen uses
  • “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.

    John 1:26

    • ἕστηκενhestekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he has stood
  • The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.

    John 1:35

    • εἱστήκειheistekeiverb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: had stood
  • The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

    John 3:29

    • ἑστηκὼςhestekosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having stood
  • The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples, but they had gone away alone.

    John 6:22

    • ἑστηκὼςhestekosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: already standing
  • On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

    John 7:37

    • εἱστήκειheistekeiverb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: had stood
  • You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

    John 8:44

    • ἔστηκενestekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has stood
  • They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”

    John 11:56

    • ἑστηκότεςhestekotesverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: already standing
  • The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.

    John 12:29

    • ἑστὼςhestosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: already standing
  • “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. Jesus said, “I am He.” And Judas His betrayer was standing there with them.

    John 18:5

    • εἱστήκειheistekeiverb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Had been standing
  • But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.

    John 18:16

    • εἱστήκειheistekeiverb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: had stood
  • Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.

    John 18:18

    • εἱστήκεισανheistekeisanverb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Had been standing
    • ἑστὼςhestosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having stood
  • Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”

    John 18:25

    • ἑστὼςhestosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: already standing
  • Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother and her sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.

    John 19:25

    • Εἱστήκεισανheistekeisanverb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Had been standing
  • But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb,

    John 20:11

    • εἱστήκειheistekeiverb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: had stood
  • When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there; but she did not recognize that it was Jesus.

    John 20:14

    • ἑστῶταhestotaverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: already standing
  • It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.

    John 20:19

    • ἔστηesteverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: stood
  • Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

    John 20:26

    • ἔστηesteverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He stood
  • Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not recognize that it was Jesus.

    John 21:4

    • ἔστηesteverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: stood

Acts

thirty-five uses
  • “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”

    Acts 1:11

    • ἑστήκατεhestekateverb · perfect active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: have you stood
  • So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.

    Acts 1:23

    • ἔστησανestesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they put forward
  • Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.

    Acts 2:14

    • Σταθεὶςstatheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having stood up
  • He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.

    Acts 3:8

    • ἔστηesteverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he stood
  • They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

    Acts 4:7

    • στήσαντεςstesantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having placed
  • And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in response.

    Acts 4:14

    • ἑστῶταhestotaverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: already standing
  • “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”

    Acts 5:20

    • σταθέντεςstathentesverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having stood
  • “We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

    Acts 5:23

    • ἑστῶταςhestotasverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: already standing
  • Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

    Acts 5:25

    • ἑστῶτεςhestotesverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: already standing
  • They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.

    Acts 5:27

    • ἔστησανestesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they set
  • They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

    Acts 6:6

    • ἔστησανestesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they set
  • where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

    Acts 6:13

    • ἔστησάνestesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They set
  • Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

    Acts 7:33

    • ἕστηκαςhestekasverb · perfect active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you have stood
  • But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

    Acts 7:55

    • ἑστῶταhestotaverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: already standing
  • “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

    Acts 7:56

    • ἑστῶταhestotaverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: already standing
  • Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

    Acts 7:60

    • στήσῃςstesesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: may place
  • And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

    Acts 8:38

    • στῆναιstenaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to stop
  • The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.

    Acts 9:7

    • εἱστήκεισανheistekeisanverb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: had stood
  • Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me

    Acts 10:30

    • ἔστηesteverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: stood
  • He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

    Acts 11:13

    • σταθένταstathentaverb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having stood
  • When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”

    Acts 12:14

    • ἑστάναιhestanaiverb · perfect active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have been standing
  • During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

    Acts 16:9

    • ἑστὼςhestosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: already standing
  • Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

    Acts 17:22

    • Σταθεὶςstatheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having stood
  • For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

    Acts 17:31

    • ἔστησενestesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He set
  • Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:

    Acts 21:40

    • ἑστὼςhestosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having stood
  • But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”

    Acts 22:25

    • ἑστῶταhestotaverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: already standing by
  • The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

    Acts 22:30

    • ἔστησενestesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he set
  • Otherwise, let these men state for themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,

    Acts 24:20

    • στάντοςstantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: when was standing
  • unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”

    Acts 24:21

    • ἑστὼςhestosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: standing
  • Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.

    Acts 25:10

    • ἑστώςhestosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: standing
  • But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.

    Acts 25:18

    • σταθέντεςstathentesverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having stood up
  • And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,

    Acts 26:6

    • ἕστηκαhestekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have stood
  • ‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.

    Acts 26:16

    • στῆθιstethiverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do stand
  • But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

    Acts 26:22

    • ἕστηκαhestekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have stood
  • After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.

    Acts 27:21

    • σταθεὶςstatheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having stood up

Romans

six uses
  • Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

    Romans 3:31

    • ἱστάνομεν.¶histanomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we uphold
  • through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

    Romans 5:2

    • ἑστήκαμενhestekamenverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we have stood
  • Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

    Romans 10:3

    • στῆσαιstesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to establish
  • That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.

    Romans 11:20

    • ἕστηκαςhestekasverb · perfect active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: have stood
  • Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

    Romans 14:4

    • σταθήσεταιstathesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will be upheld
    • στῆσαιstesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to uphold

1 Corinthians

three uses
  • But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.

    1 Corinthians 7:37

    • ἕστηκενhestekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has stood
  • So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.

    1 Corinthians 10:12

    • ἑστάναιhestanaiverb · perfect active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have stood
  • Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.

    1 Corinthians 15:1

    • ἑστήκατεhestekateverb · perfect active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have stood

2 Corinthians

two uses
  • Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

    2 Corinthians 1:24

    • ἑστήκατε.¶hestekateverb · perfect active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have stood firm
  • This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”

    2 Corinthians 13:1

    • σταθήσεταιstathesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be established

Ephesians

three uses
  • Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

    Ephesians 6:11

    • στῆναιstenaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to stand
  • Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.

    Ephesians 6:13

    • στῆναι.¶stenaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to stand
  • Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,

    Ephesians 6:14

    • στῆτεsteteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do stand

Colossians

one use
  • Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.

    Colossians 4:12

    • σταθῆτεstatheteverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may be stood

2 Timothy

one use
  • Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”

    2 Timothy 2:19

    • ἕστηκενhestekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has stood

Hebrews

two uses
  • Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.

    Hebrews 10:9

    • στήσῃsteseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may establish
  • Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

    Hebrews 10:11

    • ἕστηκενhestekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has stood

James

two uses
  • If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,”

    James 2:3

    • στῆθιstethiverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do stand
  • Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!

    James 5:9

    • ἕστηκενhestekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been stood

1 Peter

one use
  • Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.

    1 Peter 5:12

    • στῆτε.¶steteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do stand firm

Jude

one use
  • Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

    Jude 1:24

    • στῆσαιstesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to present

Revelation

twenty uses
  • Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.

    Revelation 3:20

    • ἕστηκαhestekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have stood
  • Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

    Revelation 5:6

    • ἑστηκὸςhestekosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: standing
  • For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

    Revelation 6:17

    • σταθῆναι;¶stathenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to stand
  • After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.

    Revelation 7:1

    • ἑστῶταςhestotasverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: standing
  • After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

    Revelation 7:9

    • ἑστῶτεςhestotesverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: standing
  • And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,

    Revelation 7:11

    • εἱστήκεισανheistekeisanverb · pluperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: had stood
  • And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.

    Revelation 8:2

    • ἑστήκασινhestekasinverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: have stood
  • Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.

    Revelation 8:3

    • ἐστάθηestatheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he stood
  • Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.

    Revelation 10:5

    • ἑστῶταhestotaverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: standing
  • Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”

    Revelation 10:8

    • ἑστῶτοςhestotosverb · perfect active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: standing
  • These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

    Revelation 11:4

    • ἑστῶτεςhestotesverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: standing
  • But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.

    Revelation 11:11

    • ἔστησανestesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they stood
  • His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.

    Revelation 12:4

    • ἕστηκενhestekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has stood
  • Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.

    Revelation 14:1

    • ἑστὸςhestosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: standing
  • And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God,

    Revelation 15:2

    • ἑστῶταςhestotasverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: standing
  • In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

    Revelation 18:10

    • ἑστηκότεςhestekotesverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: standing
  • The merchants who sold these things and grew their wealth from her will stand at a distance, in fear of her torment. They will weep and mourn,

    Revelation 18:15

    • στήσονταιstesontaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will stand
  • For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance

    Revelation 18:17

    • ἔστησανestesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: stood
  • Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,

    Revelation 19:17

    • ἑστῶταhestotaverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: standing
  • And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

    Revelation 20:12

    • ἑστῶταςhestotasverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: standing

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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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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