ἐνίστημι
enístēmi · G1764 · Greek · 7 occurrences
Meanings
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to happen, to come about
To happen, with the implication of there being a particular set of circumstances
Examples2 Timothy 3:1 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
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present, to be present
To be simultaneous with the time of the discourse
ExamplesRomans 8:38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
1 Corinthians 3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come; all things belong to you,
Galatians 1:4 who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
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imminent, impending
To occur with high probability at a point of time just subsequent to another point of time
Examples1 Corinthians 7:26 I think, then, that this is good in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
Hebrews 9:9 which is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience,
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
7 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated (participle) 5
- ἡμέραday 1
- καιρόςtime, occasion, period of time 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin+ ἡμέραday 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- αἰώνage, forever 1
- καιρόςtime, occasion, period of time 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- διάthrough 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- To happen, to come about13.109
- This verb, in its participial usage, can describe an event coming to pass, used of Paul's warning against being quickly shaken by any claim that the day of the Lord has already come — "as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come" (2 Thessalonians 2:2).
- Present, to be present67.41
- It more commonly describes what is currently present in time, used of Paul's confidence that neither things present nor things to come can separate believers from the love of God — "nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers" (Romans 8:38), and of his counsel that it is good for a man to remain as he is in view of the present distress — "I think, then, that this is good in view of the present distress" (1 Corinthians 7:26).
- Imminent, impending67.63
- It also describes a time or age that presses in as impending, used of Christ giving Himself to rescue believers from this present evil age — "so that He might rescue us from this present evil age" (Galatians 1:4).
Word family 58 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon see ἐνίστημι. G1764 — ἐνίστημι : perfect ἐνέστηκα, participle ἐνεστηκώς (Heb 9:9), and by…
G1764 — ἐνίστημι
: perfect ἐνέστηκα, participle ἐνεστηκώς (Heb 9:9), and by syncope ἐνεστως; future middle ἐνστήσομαι; to place in or among; to put in; in perfect, pluperfect, 2 aorist, and in middle (properly, as it were to stand in sight, stand near) to be upon, impend, threaten: 2 Thess 2:2; future middle 2 Tim 3:1. perfect participle close at hand, 1 Cor 7:26; as often in Greek writings (in the grammarians ὁ ἐνεστως namely, χρόνος is the present tense (cf. Philo de plant. Noë § 27 τριμερης χρόνος, ὅς εἰς τόν παρεληλυθότα καί ἐνεστῶτα καί μέλλοντα τέμνεσθαι πέφυκεν)), present: ὁ καιρός ὁ ἐνεστως, Heb 9:9; τά ἐνεστῶτα opposed to τά μέλλοντα, Rom 8:38; 1 Cor 3:22; ὁ ἐνεστως αἰών πονηρός in tacit contrast with τῷ μέλλοντι αἰῶνι, Gal 1:4 (Basil., epistle 57 ad Melet (iii., p. 151 c., Benedict. edition) ὠφέλιμα διδαγματα ἤ ἐφοδια πρός τέ τόν ἐνεστῶτα αἰῶνα καί τόν μέλλοντα). (Many (so R. V.) would adopt the meaning present in 2 Thess 2:2 and 1 Cor 7:26 also; but cf. Meyer on Galatians, the passage cited.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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