ἐπίσταμαι
epístamai · G1987 · Greek · 15 occurrences
Meanings
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to know
To possess information about, with the implication of an understanding of the significance of such information
ExamplesActs 10:28 And he said to them, “You yourselves know that it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner; and yet God has shown me that I am not to call any person unholy or unclean.
Acts 15:7 After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.
Acts 18:25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was accurately speaking and teaching things about Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John;
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to understand, to be aware of, to really know
To have or gain insight, with focus upon the process
ExamplesMark 14:68 But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” And he went out onto the porch.
1 Timothy 6:4 he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a sick craving for controversial questions and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,
James 4:14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away.
How it’s used In 6 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
14 occurrences in 8 groups
- Not stated (participle) 4
- σύyou 3
- Not stated: I 2
- ὅστιςwhoever, whichever, whatever 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
- βασιλεύςking 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
12 occurrences in 9 groups
- εἰμίto be 4
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- περίconcerning, about, for+ οὗτοςthis 1
With adverbsAdverbs
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- μήnot 1
- οὐnot 1
- φυσικῶςnatural 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λέγωto say 1
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- ἔπωto say 3
- λέγωto say 1
- φημίto say 1
- ἀποκρίνομαιto answer 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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In the other Testament 1 word
- יָדַע yâdaʻ · H3045 · to learn, to find out, to know
- Both denote cognitive knowledge or understanding; ἐπίσταμαι (epístamai, G1987) emphasizes mental comprehension and familiarity, while יָדַע (yâdaʻ, H3045) covers a broader semantic range including relational knowledge, experiential knowing, and legal acknowledgment, though both overlap substantially in the domain of 'knowing' or 'being acquainted with.'
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To happen to, to come upon, to overtake13.119
- Acts 19:15 has the evil spirit respond, “I recognize Jesus, and I know of Paul, but who are you?” ἐπίσταμαι here marking a knowledge that has come upon the speaker through encounter, that this spirit is now aware of and reckoning with.
- To know28.3
- In Acts 10:28, Peter tells Cornelius's household, “You yourselves know that it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate or visit with a foreigner,” ἐπίσταμαι marking their shared, ordinary knowledge of that social custom.
- To understand, to be aware of, to really know32.3
- Mark 14:68 records Peter's denial, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about,” ἐπίσταμαι marking a deeper grasp or comprehension of the accusation being made against him, which he claims not to have.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (seems to be the Ionic form of the middle of ἐφίστημι. Isocrates, Aristotle, others, also…
a. to be acquainted with: τί, Acts 18:25; Jas 4:14; Jude 1:10; τινα, Acts 19:15; with reference to what is said or is to be interpreted, to understand: Mk 14:68; 1 Tim 6:4.
b. to know: περί τίνος, Acts 26:26; followed by an accusative with a participle Acts 24:10 (Winers Grammar, 346 (324); Buttmann, 301 (258)); followed by ὅτι, Acts 15:7; Acts 19:25; Acts 22:19; followed by ὡς, Acts 10:28; by πῶς, Acts 20:18; by ποῦ, Heb 11:8. (Synonym: see γινώσκω.)
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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