ἘΠΙΣΤΗΝΑΙ, ἐπιστηναι
EPISTĒNAI, epistēnai
Sounds Like: ep-is-TEE-nai
Translations: to stand upon, to come upon, to be present, to approach, to arrive, to understand, to know
From the root: ἹΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist infinitive form of the verb 'ephistēmi', meaning 'to stand upon' or 'to come upon'. It can denote the act of arriving, approaching, or being present. In some contexts, it can also mean to understand or to know, implying a mental 'standing upon' a subject. It is often used to describe an event or person suddenly appearing or coming into existence.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1909 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 2:25
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἹΣΤΗΜΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΣΤΑΘΗΝ — I stood, I was stood, I was set, I was appointed
- ἘΣΤΗ — stood, stopped, stood still, was established, was set
- ἘΣΤΗΚΕΝ — stands, has stood, is standing, has taken a stand
- ἘΣΤΗΝ — I stood, I stood still, I took a stand, I set, I appointed
- ἘΣΤΗΣΑΜΕΝ — we stood, we set, we appointed, we established, we placed
- ἘΣΤΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having stood, standing, having taken one's stand, having set oneself, having caused to stand
- ἘΣΤΗΣΑΝΤΟ — they stood, they placed themselves, they set up, they established
- ἘΣΤΗΣΑΤΕ — you stood, you set, you established, you appointed
- ἘΣΤΗΣΕΝ — he stood, he set, he established, he appointed, he caused to stand, he fixed
- ἘΣΤΗΤΕ — you stood, you have stood, you took your stand
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