εὐπερίστατος
euperístatos · G2139 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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being in control of, controlling tightly
Pertaining to the exertion of tight control
ExamplesHebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us,
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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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Near synonyms 1 word
- περισπάω perispáō · G4049 · to be overburdened and worried, to be distracted and anxious
- περισπάω (perispáō, G4049) denotes active distraction or being pulled away in multiple directions (used of Martha in Luke 10:40), semantically overlapping with εὐπερίστατος's notion of something that hinders or surrounds on every side to prevent progress; περισπάω emphasizes the dragging action while εὐπερίστατος emphasizes the surrounding/entangling quality.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Easily distracting, that which keeps one from continuing to think about something30.32
- In Hebrews 12:1, believers are urged to rid themselves of every obstacle “and the sin which so easily entangles us,” using this word for that which readily distracts and hinders.
- Being in control of, controlling tightly37.6
- In Hebrews 12:1, the same phrase for sin that “so easily entangles” also carries the sense of something that tightens its hold and keeps one under its control.
Word family 58 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon εὐπερίστατον (from εὖ and περιστημι), skilfully surrounding i. e. besetting, namely, to…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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