ΕΡΕΙΣΤΑΙ, ερεισται
EREISTAI, ereistai
Sounds Like: eh-REH-stai
Translations: to lean upon, to be supported, to be propped up, to be fixed, to be established
From the root: ΕΡΕΙΔΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of leaning upon something for support, or being firmly fixed and established. It can refer to physical support, like propping up a structure, or to a more abstract sense of being firmly grounded or established in a belief or position. The form 'ΕΡΕΙΣΤΑΙ' is a future perfect passive indicative, indicating an action that will have been completed in the future and whose result will be ongoing, or a perfect passive infinitive, indicating a state of having been propped or fixed.
Inflection: Future Perfect Passive Indicative, 3rd Person Singular or Perfect Passive Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2056 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 138:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΡΕΙΔΩ.
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.
- ΑΠΕΡΕΙΣΑΜΕΝΟΙΣ — leaning upon, relying upon, resting upon, having leaned upon, having relied upon, having rested upon
- ΑΠΗΡΕΙΔΟΝΤΟ — they leaned upon, they rested upon, they fixed their gaze upon
- ἘΝΑΠΗΡΕΙΣΑΤΟ — leaned upon, rested upon, fixed upon, pressed upon
- ἘΡΕΙΔΕΙ — leans upon, rests upon, supports, props up, fixes, establishes
- ἘΡΕΙΔΟΜΕΝΟΣ — leaning upon, resting upon, propped up, supported, a leaning one, a resting one
- ἘΡΕΙΣΑΣΑ — having fixed firmly, having stuck fast, having run aground
- ἘΡΕΙΣΕΙ — will establish, will make firm, will support, will fix, will set
- ἘΡΗΡΕΙΣΜΕΝΑΙ — supported, propped, fixed, established, rested, leaned
- ἘΡΗΡΕΙΣΜΕΝΟΣ — having been fixed, having been established, having been supported, having been propped up
- ἘΡΗΡΕΙΣΤΟ — was leaning, was resting, was fixed, was supported
- ἘΡΗΡΙΣΤΑΙ — has been fixed, has been established, has been founded, has been set firm
- ΕΙΔΕΤΑΙ — is fixed, is established, is supported, is founded, is based, is propped up
- ΕΡΕΙΔΕΙ — leans, rests, props, supports, fixes, stays
- ΕΡΕΙΔΕΤΩ — let it fix, let it lean, let it rest, let it be fixed, let it be established
- ΕΡΕΙΔΩ — to lean upon, to rely on, to prop up, to support, to press upon, to bear down upon
- ΕΡΕΙΣΑΣΑ — having leaned upon, having propped, having supported, having fixed firmly
- ΕΡΕΙΣΕΙ — he will lean, he will rest, he will support, he will fix, he will establish
- ΕΡΕΙΤΑΙ — he leans, it leans, he rests, it rests, he relies, it relies, he is founded, it is founded, he is based, it is based
- ΕΡΗΡΕΙΣΤΟ — it had been fixed, it had been established, it had been propped, it had been supported, it had been leaned
- ΕΡΗΡΙΣΤΑΙ — it has been fixed, it has been established, it has been set fast, it has been made firm, it has been propped up, it has been supported
- ἨΡΕΙΣΕΝ — fixed, propped, leaned, rested
- ΗΡΕΙ — will lean, will rest, will trust, will rely
- ΗΡΕΙΣΕΝ — fixed, established, founded, supported, propped up, leaned, rested
- ΥΠΕΡΗΡΕΙΣΤΟ — it had been propped up, it had been supported, it had been leaned upon, it had been rested upon
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