ΕΠΙΣΤΗΡΙΩ, επιστηριω
EPISTĒRIŌ, epistēriō
Sounds Like: ep-ee-stee-REE-zoh
Translations: to strengthen, to confirm, to establish, to encourage
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΤΗΡΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to strengthen, confirm, or establish something or someone. It implies providing support or encouragement, often in a spiritual or moral sense, to make something more firm or steadfast. It is a compound word formed from 'ΕΠΙ' (upon, over) and 'ΣΤΗΡΙΖΩ' (to fix, to make firm).
Inflection: First person singular, Present Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G1991 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 31:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΣΤΗΡΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΣΤΗΡΙΚΤΟ — was supported, was strengthened, was established, was fixed, was leaning, was propped
- ἘΠΕΣΤΗΡΙΣΑΣ — you strengthened, you supported, you established, you confirmed
- ἘΠΕΣΤΗΡΙΣΤΑΙ — has been strengthened, has been confirmed, has been established, has been supported
- ἘΠΙΣΤΗΡΙΖΟΜΕΝΗ — being strengthened, being confirmed, being supported, being established
- ἘΠΙΣΤΗΡΙΖΟΝΤΕΣ — strengthening, confirming, encouraging, establishing
- ἘΠΙΣΤΗΡΙΖΩΝ — strengthening, confirming, establishing, supporting
- ἘΠΙΣΤΗΡΙΣΘΗ — to be strengthened, to be confirmed, to be supported, to be established, to be leaned upon
- ἘΠΙΣΤΗΡΙΩ — to fix one's eyes upon, to strengthen, to support, to confirm, to establish
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗΡΙΖΟΜΕΝΗ — being strengthened, being confirmed, being supported, being established
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗΡΙΖΟΝΤΕΣ — strengthening, confirming, encouraging, establishing, supporting
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗΡΙΖΩ — to strengthen, to confirm, to establish, to encourage
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗΡΙΖΩΝ — strengthening, confirming, establishing, supporting, encouraging
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗΡΙΧΘΗ — he was strengthened, it was strengthened, he was confirmed, it was confirmed, he was established, it was established
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