ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΗΣΕΝ, περιεστησεν
PERIESTĒSEN, periestēsen
Sounds Like: peh-ree-es-TEE-sen
Translations: stood around, surrounded, turned, turned around, turned about, turned aside, avoided, caused to stand around, caused to turn, brought about, brought into a state
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΙΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person singular aorist active indicative form of the verb περιίστημι (periistēmi). It is a compound verb formed from περί (peri), meaning 'around' or 'about', and ἵστημι (histēmi), meaning 'to stand' or 'to cause to stand'. Depending on the context, it can mean 'he/she/it stood around' or 'he/she/it surrounded' (intransitive), or 'he/she/it caused to stand around', 'he/she/it turned', 'he/she/it brought about', or 'he/she/it brought into a state' (transitive). It can also mean 'to avoid' or 'to turn aside from'.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G4029 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΙΣΤΗΜΙ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΕΙΣΤΗΚΕΣΑΝ — they had stood around, they had surrounded, they had encircled
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΑΝΑΙ — to stand around, to surround, to stand by, to turn away, to avoid
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΑΣΑΝ — they stood around, they surrounded, they encircled
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΗ — stood around, surrounded, avoided, turned away from, stood by
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΗΚΕΝ — has stood around, has surrounded, has stood by, has turned around, has avoided
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΗΚΟΣΙΝ — to those who stood around, for those who stood around, to those surrounding, for those surrounding
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΗΚΟΤΟΣ — of standing around, of surrounding, of being present, of being near
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΗΚΟΤΩΝ — standing around, surrounding, those standing around, those who stood around, the bystanders
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΗΣ — surrounded, stood around, turned, brought about, caused to be
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΗΣΑΝ — stood around, surrounded, stood about
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΩΣ — standing around, surrounding, bystanders, a bystander
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΩΣΙΝ — standing around, surrounding, those standing around, those surrounding
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΩΤΑ — standing around, those standing around, bystanders, the ones standing around
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΩΤΑΣ — standing around, surrounding, those standing around
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΩΤΕΣ — standing around, those standing around, bystanders
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΩΤΟΣ — (of) standing around, (of) surrounding, (of) bystanders
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΤΩΤΩΝ — (of) those standing around, (of) those surrounding, (of) the bystanders
- ΠΕΡΙΙΣΤΑ — stand around, surround, avoid, shun, turn away from
- ΠΕΡΙΙΣΤΑΜΕΝΗΣ — of standing around, of surrounding, of turning around, of avoiding, of shunning
- ΠΕΡΙΙΣΤΑΜΕΝΟΥ — of standing around, of surrounding, of those standing around, of those surrounding
- ΠΕΡΙΙΣΤΑΟ — stand around, surround, avoid, shun, turn away from
- ΠΕΡΙΙΣΤΑΣΟ — avoid, shun, turn away from, stand around
- ΠΕΡΙΙΣΤΑΤΑΙ — to turn into, to become, to change into, to stand around, to surround, to avoid
- ΠΕΡΙΙΣΤΑΤΟ — he was standing around, she was standing around, it was standing around, he was surrounded, she was surrounded, it was surrounded, he was avoiding, she was avoiding, it was avoiding
- ΠΕΡΙΙΣΤΗΜΙ — to stand around, to surround, to turn around, to avoid, to shun
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΑΝΤΑΣ — standing around, surrounding, encircling, standing by, attending
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΑΝΤΕΣ — standing around, surrounding, standing by, standing near, coming around
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΑΝΤΕΣΤΟ — standing around, surrounding, those standing around, those surrounding, the ones standing around, the ones surrounding
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΑΝΤΩΝ — of those standing around, of those surrounding, of those encompassing, of those encircling
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΗΣΑΙ — to stand around, to surround, to place around, to turn around, to bring into a state, to bring about, to cause
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having stood around, having surrounded, having turned around, having turned oneself around
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΗΣΑΝΤΑΣ — having stood around, having surrounded, having turned around, those who stood around, those who surrounded
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΗΣΑΣ — having stood around, having surrounded, having placed around, having set around, having brought around, having turned around
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will stand around, will surround, will be present, will be near, will turn around, will turn about
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΗΣΟΜΕΘΑ — we will stand around, we will turn around, we will avoid, we will shun
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΗΣΟΜΕΝΗΣ — (of) about to happen, (of) about to come to pass, (of) about to turn around, (of) about to stand around
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΗΣΩΣΙΝ — they may stand around, they may surround, they may place around, they may set around, they may turn around
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