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Lexicon :: Strong's G2525 - kathistēmi

Aa
καθίστημι
Transliteration
kathistēmi (Key)
Pronunciation
kath-is'-tay-mee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
21x in 10 unique form(s) TR
22x in 11 unique form(s) LXX
134x in 40 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:444,387

Strong’s Definitions

καθίστημι kathístēmi, kath-is'-tay-mee; from G2596 and G2476; to place down (permanently), i.e. (figuratively) to designate, constitute, convoy:—appoint, be, conduct, make, ordain, set.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's G2525 in the following manner: make (8x), make ruler (6x), ordain (3x), be (2x), appoint (1x), conduct (1x), set (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's G2525 in the following manner: make (8x), make ruler (6x), ordain (3x), be (2x), appoint (1x), conduct (1x), set (1x).

  1. to set, place, put

    1. to set one over a thing (in charge of it)

    2. to appoint one to administer an office

    3. to set down as, constitute, to declare, show to be

    4. to constitute, to render, make, cause to be

    5. to conduct or bring to a certain place

    6. to show or exhibit one's self

      1. come forward as

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καθίστημι kathístēmi, kath-is'-tay-mee; from G2596 and G2476; to place down (permanently), i.e. (figuratively) to designate, constitute, convoy:—appoint, be, conduct, make, ordain, set.
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 (Latinsisto), 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 (Latinsisto) 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2525 matches the Greek καθίστημι (kathistēmi),
which occurs 134 times in 130 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 39:4–2Sa 3:39)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:4 - And Joseph found favor in his sight, and he ministered unto him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:5 - And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33 - Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:34 - Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:41 - And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:43 - and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he set him over all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:14 - And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and to-day, in making brick as heretofore?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:10 - And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:19 - but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:15 -
And the slope of the valleys
That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar,
And leaneth upon the border of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48 - And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13 - Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:18 - Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:14 - When thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:15 - thou shalt surely set him king over thee, whom Jehovah thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee; thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:16 - If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:6 - And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 - And Jehovah will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:36 - Jehovah will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 -
Without shall the sword bereave,
And in the chambers terror;
It shall destroy both young man and virgin,
The suckling with the man of gray hairs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: set thee an ambush for the city behind it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:18 - And Joshua said, Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly and unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person unwittingly might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:11 - Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spake all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:9 - So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest was sitting upon his seat by the door-post of the temple of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:26 - And she said, Oh, my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:10 - And Jehovah came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel said, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:3 - And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1 - And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:5 - and they said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - but ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saveth you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:23 - And they ran and fetched him thence; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:7 - Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Jehovah concerning all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which he did to you and to your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:16 - Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Jehovah will do before your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13 - Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:20 - And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:4 - But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for wherewith should this fellow reconcile himself unto his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:10 - Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of thy lord that are come with thee; and as soon as ye are up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:12 - and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39 - And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me: Jehovah reward the evil-doer according to his wickedness.

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