ἐφίστημι

ἐφίστημι — ephístēmi

ἐφίστημι: 2 aorist ἐπέστην, participle ἐπιστάς, imperative ἐπίστηθι; perfect participle ἐφεστώς; to place at, place upon, place over; in the N. T. only in the middle (present indicative 3 person singular ἐπίσταται (for ἐφίσταται), 1Th 5:3 T Tr WH; see references under the word ἀφειδον) and the intransitive tenses of the active, viz. perfect and 2 aorist (see ἀνίστημι); to stand by, be present: Luk 2:38; Act 22:20; ἐπάνω with the genitive of person to stand over one, place oneself above, Luk 4:39; used especially of persons coming upon one suddenly: simply, Luk 10:40; Luk 20:1; Act 6:12; Act 22:13; Act 23:27; of an angel, Act 12:7; with the dative of person, Act 4:1; Act 23:11; of the advent of angels, Luk 2:9; Luk 24:4 (of Hephaestus, Lucian, dial. deor. 17, 1; frequently of dreams, as Homer, Iliad 10, 496; 23, 106; Herodotus 1, 34; others); with the dative of place, Act 17:5; followed by ἐπί; with the accusative of place, Act 10:17; Act 11:11; of evils coming upon one: with the dative of person, 1Th 5:3 (see above); ἐπί τινα, Luk 21:34 (Wis 6:9 Wis 19:1; Sophocles O. R. 777; Thucydides 3, 82). equivalent to to be at hand i. e. be ready: 2Ti 4:2, cf. Leo at the passage (Euripides, Andr. 547; Demosthenes, p. 245, 11). to be at hand i. e. impend: of time, 2Ti 4:6. to come on, of rain, Act 28:2. (Compare: κατεφιστημι, συνεφίστημι.)