ΕΣΤΑΚΕΣΑΝ, εστακεσαν
ESTAKESAN, estakesan
Sounds Like: ess-TA-keh-san
Translations: they have stood, they stood, they have been standing, they were standing
From the root: ΣΤΑ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a form of the verb "histēmi" (to stand). It is in the perfect active indicative tense, third person plural. The perfect tense describes an action completed in the past with continuing results into the present, or simply a completed past action. Thus, it means "they have stood" or "they stood," indicating a state of having taken a stand or being in a standing position.
Inflection: Perfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G2476 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 1:79
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΑ.
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- ΑΦΙΣΤΑ — to withdraw, to depart, to revolt, to fall away, to stand away from, to keep away from, to remove oneself, to apostatize
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