ἘΣΤΗΣΑΝΤΟ, ἐστησαντο
ESTĒSANTO, estēsanto
Sounds Like: es-TAY-san-toh
Translations: they stood, they placed themselves, they set up, they established
From the root: ἹΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third-person plural aorist middle indicative form of the verb ἵστημι (histēmi). In the middle voice, it signifies an action performed by the subject for their own benefit or on themselves. Therefore, it means 'they stood themselves' or 'they caused themselves to stand,' often translated as 'they stood' or 'they placed themselves.' It can also mean 'they set up' or 'they established' something for themselves.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Indicative, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G2476 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 26:238
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.
- ἘΠΙΣΤΗΝΑΙ — to stand upon, to come upon, to be present, to approach, to arrive, to understand, to know
- 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
- 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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