STRONGS G2525:
καθίστημι (also
καθιστάω, whence the participle
καθιστῶντες Acts 17:15 R G; and
καθιστάνω, whence
καθιστάνοντες Acts 17:15 L T Tr WH; see
ἵστημι, at the beginning); future
καταστήσω; 1 aorist
κατέστησα; passive, present
καθισταμαι; 1 aorist
κατεστάθην; 1 future
κατασταθήσομαι; the
Sept. for
הֵשִׂים,
הֵקִים,
הִפְקִיד,
הִתְיַצֵּב,
הֶעֱמִיד,
נָתַן; (properly,
to set down, put down),
to set, place, put:
a. τινα ἐπί τίνος, to set one over a thing (in charge of it),
Matthew 24:45;
Matthew 25:21,
23;
Luke 12:42;
Acts 6:3; also
ἐπί τίνι,
Matthew 24:47;
Luke 12:44;
ἐπί τί,
Hebrews 2:7 Rec. from
Psalm 8:7.
b. τινα,
to appoint one to administer an office (cf. German
bestellen):
πρεσβυτέρους,
Titus 1:5;
τινα εἰς τό with an infinitive, to appoint to do something,
Hebrews 8:3;
τά πρός τόν Θεόν to conduct the worship of God,
Hebrews 5:1; followed by
ἵνα, ibid.;
τινα with a predicate accusative indicating the office to be administered (
to make one so and so; cf.
Winers Grammar, § 32, 4b.;
Buttmann, § 131, 7) (so very often in Greek writings from
Herodotus down),
Luke 12:14;
Acts 7:10,
27,
35;
Hebrews 7:28.
c. "to set down as, constitute (Latin
sisto), equivalent to to declare, show to be": passive with
ἁμαρτωλός,
δίκαιος,
Romans 5:19 (cf. Prof. T. Dwight in New Englander for 1867, p. 590ff; Dietzsch, Adam u. Christus (Bonn, 1871), p. 188).
d. "to constitute (Latin
sisto) equivalent to to render, make, cause to be":
τινα οὐκ ἀργόν,
οὐδέ ἀκαρπον, i. e. (by litotes) laborious and fruitful,
2 Peter 1:8.
e. to conduct or bring to a certain place:
τινα,
Acts 17:15 (
2 Chronicles 28:15 for
הֵבִיא;
Joshua 6:23;
1 Samuel 5:3;
Homer, Odyssey 13, 274;
Xenophon, an. 4, 8, 8 and in other secular authors).
f. Middle
to show or exhibit oneself; come forward as: with a predicate nominative,
James 4:4;
ἡ γλῶσσα...
ἡ σπιλοῦσα,
James 3:6. (Compare:
ἀντικαθίστημι,
ἀποκαθίστημι.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Joshua
-
6:23
- 1 Samuel
-
5:3
- 2 Chronicles
-
28:15
- Psalms
-
8:7
- Matthew
-
24:45; 24:47; 25:21; 25:23
- Luke
-
12:14; 12:42; 12:44
- Acts
-
6:3; 7:10; 7:27; 7:35; 17:15; 17:15; 17:15
- Romans
-
5:19
- Titus
-
1:5
- Hebrews
-
2:7; 5:1; 7:28; 8:3
- James
-
3:6; 4:4
- 2 Peter
-
1:8