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Lexicon :: Strong's G1991 - epistērizō

Aa
ἐπιστηρίζω
Transliteration
epistērizō (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-ee-stay-rid'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:653,1085

Strong’s Definitions

ἐπιστηρίζω epistērízō, ep-ee-stay-rid'-zo; from G1909 and G4741; to support further, i.e. reestablish:—confirm, strengthen.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G1991 in the following manner: confirm (3x), strengthen (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G1991 in the following manner: confirm (3x), strengthen (1x).
  1. to establish besides, strengthen more

  2. to render more firm, confirm

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπιστηρίζω epistērízō, ep-ee-stay-rid'-zo; from G1909 and G4741; to support further, i.e. reestablish:—confirm, strengthen.
STRONGS G1991:
ἐπιστηρίζω; 1 aorist ἐπεστήριξα; a later word; to establish besides, strengthen more; to render more firm, confirm: τινά, one's Christian faith, Acts 14:22; Acts 15:32, 41; Acts 18:23 R G.
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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1991 matches the Greek ἐπιστηρίζω (epistērizō),
which occurs 12 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:13 - There above it[fn] stood the LORD, and he said: “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:26 - Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29 - Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” the young man said, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:8 - I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:2 - Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:6 - From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will ever praise you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:7 - Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:5 - Friends: Who is this coming up from the wilderness leaning on her beloved? She: Under the apple tree I roused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who was in labor gave you birth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - Look, I know you are depending on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him.
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