ἘΣΤΗΣΕΝ, ἐστησεν
ESTĒSEN, estēsen
Sounds Like: es-TEE-sen
Translations: he stood, he set, he established, he appointed, he caused to stand, he fixed
From the root: ἹΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person singular aorist active indicative form of the verb 'ἵστημι' (histēmi). It means 'he stood,' 'he set,' 'he established,' or 'he appointed.' It describes an action that occurred in the past, completed at a specific point in time. It can be used to describe someone taking a stand, setting something in place, or establishing a boundary or rule.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G2476 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 14:25
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 29:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 12:8, 21:28, 28:18, 30:40, 31:25, 31:45, 33:19, 33:20, 35:14, 35:20, 47:2, 47:7
- Exodus — 40:16, 40:27
- Numbers — 11:24, 21:9, 27:22
- Deuteronomy — 32:8
- Joshua — 4:9, 4:20, 24:1, 24:26
- Judges — 8:27
- 1 Samuel — 7:12
- 2 Samuel — 14:26, 18:18
- 1 Kings — 7:7, 16:32
- 1 Chronicles — 9:22, 16:17, 23:28, 25:1
- 2 Chronicles — 3:17, 8:14, 20:21, 23:10, 25:14, 29:25, 33:3, 33:19, 34:32, 35:2
- Ezra (Alpha) — 9:43
- Nehemiah — 8:4
- Esther — 9:27, 9:31
- Judith — 1:3
- 1 Maccabees — 4:59, 5:42, 6:38, 6:51, 11:27, 13:28, 13:52, 14:38
- Psalms — 39:3, 77:13, 104:10, 106:29, 148:6
- Psalms of Solomon — 8:20
- Odes — 2:8
- Job — 20:19, 40:12
- Sirach — 17:12, 44:20, 44:21, 44:22, 45:7, 47:9
- Isaiah — 40:12, 44:12, 44:13
- Baruch — 2:1
- Ezekiel — 2:2, 3:24
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:5, 3:7, 8:18, 9:12
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:1, 3:2, 9:12
- Micah — 2:11
- Enoch — 14:25
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ἘΣΤΗΣΑΝΤΟ — they stood, they placed themselves, they set up, they established
- ἘΣΤΗΣΑΤΕ — you stood, you set, you established, you appointed
- ἘΣΤΗΤΕ — you stood, you have stood, you took your stand
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