Strong's Lexicon
G4921 — συνιστάω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4921 |
|---|---|
| Word: | συνιστάω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4862 and G2476 (including its collateral forms) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 16 |
| Transliteration: | sunistao |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | soon-is-tah'-o (or (strengthened) sunistano soon-is-tan'-o, or sunistemi soon-is'-tay-mee) v. |
| Meaning: | 1. to set together 2. (by implication) to introduce (favorably) 3. (figuratively) to exhibit 4. (intransitively) to stand near 5. (figuratively) to constitute |
| KJV Renderings: | approve, commend, consist, make, stand (with) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συνιστάνω and συνιστάω, see the following word.
STRONGS NT 4921: συνίστημισυνίστημι (Rom 3:5; Rom 5:8; Rom 16:1; 2Co 10:18; Gal 2:18 Rec.; participle συνιστάντες, 2Co 4:2 L T Tr; L T Tr), or συνιστάνω (2Co 5:12; Gal 2:18 G L T Tr WH; infinitive συνιστάνειν, 2Co 3:1 R G T WH; participle συνιστάνων, 2Co 4:2 WH; WH; L T Tr WH), or συνιστάω (infinitive συνισταν, 2Co 3:1 L Tr; participle συνίστων, 2Co 4:2 R G; R G; Rec.; see ἵστημι); 1 aorist συνέστησα; perfect συνέστηκα; 2 perfect participle συνεστώς (nominative plural neuter συνεστωτα, 2Pe 3:5 WH marginal reading); present passive infinitive συνίστασθαι; from Homer, Iliad 14, 96 down;
1. to place together, to set in the same place, to bring or band together; in the 2 aorist, perfect and pluperfect intransitively, to stand with (or near): συνεστώς τίνι, Luk 9:32.
2. to set one with another i. e. by way of presenting or introducing him, i. e. to commend (Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch): τινα, 2Co 3:1; 2Co 6:4; 2Co 10:12; 2Co 10:18; τινα τίνι, Rom 16:1; 2Co 5:12 (cf. Buttmann, 393 (336)); τινα πρός συνείδησιν τίνος, 2Co 4:2; passive, ὑπό τίνος, 2Co 12:11 (1Ma 12:43; 2Ma 4:24).
3. to put together by way of composition or combination, to teach by combining and comparing, hence, to show, prove, establish, exhibit (Winer’s Grammar, 23 (22)): τί, Rom 3:5; Rom 5:8 (εὔνοιαν, Polybius 4, 5, 6); ἑαυτούς ὡς τινες, 2Co 6:4; with two accusatives, one of the object, the other of the predicate, Gal 2:18 (Diodorus 13, 91; συνίστησιν συτον προφήτην, Philo rer. div. haer. § 52); followed by an accusative with an infinitive (cf. Buttmann, 274 (236)), 2Co 7:11 (Diodorus 14, 45).
4. to put together (i. e. unite parts into one whole), perfect, pluperfect and 2 aorist to be composed of, consist: ἐξ ὕδατος καί δἰ ὕδατος, 2Pe 3:5 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 45, 6 a.; (see above, at the beginning)); to cohere, hold together: τά πάντα συνέστηκεν ἐν αὐτῷ, Col 1:17 (Plato, de rep. 7, p. 530 a.; Tim., p. 61 a.; (Bonitz’s index to Aristotle (Berlin Acad. edition) under the word συνισταναι), and often in ecclesiastical writings; (cf. Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited)).
STRONGS NT 4921a: συνκατανεύω [συνκατανεύω: 1 aorist participle συνκατανευσας; to consent to, agree with: Act 18:27 WH (rejected) marginal reading (Polybius 3, 52, 6; others.)]
Englishman's Greek Concordance
συνίστημι (approve)
Luke 9:32
- KJV: But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep and when they were awake they saw his glory and the two men that stood with him
- GK: ο δε Πέτρος και οι συν αυτώ ήσαν βεβαρημένοι ύπνω διαγρηγορήσαντες δε είδον την δόξαν αυτού και τους δύο άνδρας τους συνεστώτας αυτώ
Romans 3:5
- KJV: But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God what shall we say God unrighteous who taketh vengeance I speak as a man
- GK: ει δε η αδικία ημών θεού δικαιοσύνην συνίστησι τι ερούμεν μη άδικος ο θεός ο επιφέρων την οργήν κατά άνθρωπον λέγω
Romans 5:8
- KJV: But God commendeth his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us
- GK: συνίστησι δε την εαυτού αγάπην εις ημάς ο θεός ότι έτι αμαρτωλών όντων ημών χριστός υπέρ ημών απέθανεν
Romans 16:1
- KJV: I commend unto you Phebe our sister which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea
- GK: συνίστημι δε υμίν Φοίβην την αδελφήν ημών ούσαν διάκονον της εκκλησίας της εν Κεγχρεαίς
2 Corinthians 3:1
- KJV: Do we begin again to commend ourselves or need we as some epistles of commendation to you or of commendation from you
- GK: αρχόμεθα πάλιν εαυτούς συνιστάνειν ει χρήζομεν ως τινες συστατικών επιστολών προς υμάς η εξ υμών συστατικών
2 Corinthians 4:2
- KJV: But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God
- GK: αλλ΄ απειπάμεθα τα κρυπτά της αισχύνης μη περιπατούντες εν πανουργία μηδέ δολούντες τον λόγον του θεού αλλά τη φανερώσει της αληθείας συνιστώντες εαυτούς προς πάσαν συνείδησιν ανθρώπων ενώπιον του θεού
2 Corinthians 5:12
- KJV: For we commend not ourselves again unto you but give you occasion to glory on our behalf that ye may have somewhat to them which glory in appearance and not in heart
- GK: ου γαρ πάλιν εαυτούς συνιστάνομεν υμίν αλλά αφορμήν διδόντες υμίν καυχήματος υπέρ ημών ίνα έχητε προς τους εν προσώπω καυχωμένους και ου καρδία
2 Corinthians 6:4
- KJV: But in all approving ourselves as the ministers of God in much patience in afflictions in necessities in distresses
- GK: αλλ΄ εν παντί συνιστώντες εαυτούς ως θεού διάκονοι εν υπομονή πολλή εν θλίψεσιν εν ανάγκαις εν στενοχωρίαις
2 Corinthians 7:11
- KJV: For behold this selfsame thing that ye sorrowed after a godly sort what carefulness it wrought in you yea clearing of yourselves yea indignation yea fear yea vehement desire yea zeal yea revenge In all ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter
- GK: ιδού γαρ αυτό τούτο το κατά θεόν λυπηθήναι υμάς πόσην κατειργάσατο υμίν σπουδήν αλλά απολογίαν αλλά αγανάκτησιν αλλά φόβον αλλά επιπόθησιν αλλά ζήλον αλλ΄ εκδίκησιν εν παντί συνεστήσατε εαυτούς αγνούς είναι εν τω πράγματι