To stand by
παρίστημιStrong’s G3936paristēmi
Appears in 40 verses of the New Testament
In short
Paristēmi is the Greek word usually translated “present”, “having stood by” and “stood by”. It appears in 40 verses of the New Testament.
“Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?”
Meaning
Usually translated “present”, “having stood by” and “stood by”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to present 5
- having stood by 4
- stood by 3
- do yield 3
- already standing by 2
- he presented 2
- standing by 2
- he will furnish 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 13
- Mark 6
- Romans 6
- Luke 3
- 2 Timothy 3
- John 2
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 4:29But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
- Mark 14:47And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
- Mark 14:69And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
- Mark 14:70And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.
- Mark 15:35And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
- Mark 15:39And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
All 40 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
παρίστημι paristēmi · to stand by
παρ-ίστημι [in LXX for עָמַד, etc. ;] I. Transitive verb. in present tense., imperfect., future tense., 1 aorist.; 1. to place beside, present, provide: with accusative, Act.9:41 23:24, 2Co.4:14, Col.1:28; with accusative and dative, Mat.26:53, Luk.2:22, Act.1:3 23:33, 1Co.8:8; before accusative pred., Rom.6:13, 16 (late pres., παριστάνετε), Rom.6:19 12:1, 2Co.11:2, Eph.5:27, Col.1:22, 2Ti.2:15. 2. to present to the mind (cl.) : by argument, to prove (Xen., FlJ, al.), with accusative, Act.24:13. II. Intransitive. in perfect., pluperfect., 2 aorist.; …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “present” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PRES'ENT, adjective
s as z. [Latin proesens; proe and sum, esse, to be.]
- Being in a certain place; opposed to absent.
- Being before the face or near; being in company.“These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you” John 14:25
- Being now in view or under consideration.
- Now existing, or being at this time; not past or future; as the present session of congress.
All definitions and other forms of “present”
- Ready at hand; quick in emergency; as present wit.
- Favorably attentive; not heedless; propitious.
- Not absent of mind; not abstracted; attentive.
PRES'ENT, noun
That which is presented or given; a gift; a donative; something given or offered to another gratuitously; a word of general application.
PRESENT', verb transitive
[Low Latin proesento; Latin proesens; proe, before, and sum, esse, to be.]
- To set, place or introduce into the presence or before the face of a superior, as to present an envoy to the king; and with the reciprocal pronoun, to come into the presence of a superior.“Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord” Job 1:6
- To exhibit to view or notice.
- To offer; to exhibit.
- To give; to offer gratuitously for reception.
- To put into the hands of another in ceremony.
- To favor with a gift; as, we present a man with a suit of clothes.
- To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
- To offer.
- To lay before a public body for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance or indictment.
- To lay before a court of judicature as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of a crime or offense.
- To point a weapon, particularly some species of fire-arms; as, to present a musket to the breast of another; in manual exercise, to present arms.
- To indict; a customary use of the word in the United Stats.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.