G4921
συνίστημι, συνιστάω
to commend
συν-ίστημι [in LXX for צָוָה pi., קָהַל ni., etc.; 1Ma.12:43, 2Ma.4:24, 3Ma.1:19 (and frequently in these books) ;] __1. trans., __(a) to commend, recommend: with accusative of person(s), 2Co.3:1 6:4 10:12 10:18; id. with dative, Rom.16:1 (as frequently at the beginning of a letter; Deiss., LAE, 226), 2Co.5:12; before πρός, 2Co.4:2; pass., before ὑπό, 2Co.12:11; __(b) to show, prove, establish: with accusative, Rom.3:5 5:8, 2Co.6:4; dupl. accusative, Gal.2:13; accusative and inf., 2Co.7:11 __2. Intrans., pf., συνέστηκα (as also 2 aor. and plpf.); __(a) to stand with or near: Luk.9:32; __(b) to be composed of, consist, cohere: Col.1:17 (see Lft., in l), 2Pe.3:5.† (AS)
The KJV translates G4921 in the following manner:
commend (10x), commendeth (6x), approved (2x), approving (2x), commended (2x), commending (2x), consist (2x), make (2x), standing (2x), with (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
συνιστάω — synistáō
συνιστάνω and συνιστάω, see the following word.
STRONGS NT 4921: συνίστημισυνίστημι (Rom 3:5; Rom 5:8; Rom 16:1; 2Co 10:18; Gal 2:18 Rec.; participle συνιστάντες, 2Co 4:2 L T Tr; L T Tr), or συνιστάνω (2Co 5:12; Gal 2:18 G L T Tr WH; infinitive συνιστάνειν, 2Co 3:1 R G T WH; participle συνιστάνων, 2Co 4:2 WH; WH; L T Tr WH), or συνιστάω (infinitive συνισταν, 2Co 3:1 L Tr; participle συνίστων, 2Co 4:2 R G; R G; Rec.; see ἵστημι); 1 aorist συνέστησα; perfect συνέστηκα; 2 perfect participle συνεστώς (nominative plural neuter συνεστωτα, 2Pe 3:5 WH marginal reading); present passive infinitive συνίστασθαι; from Homer, Iliad 14, 96 down;
1. to place together, to set in the same place, to bring or band together; in the 2 aorist, perfect and pluperfect intransitively, to stand with (or near): συνεστώς τίνι, Luk 9:32.
2. to set one with another i. e. by way of presenting or introducing him, i. e. to commend (Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch): τινα, 2Co 3:1; 2Co 6:4; 2Co 10:12; 2Co 10:18; τινα τίνι, Rom 16:1; 2Co 5:12 (cf. Buttmann, 393 (336)); τινα πρός συνείδησιν τίνος, 2Co 4:2; passive, ὑπό τίνος, 2Co 12:11 (1Ma 12:43; 2Ma 4:24).
3. to put together by way of composition or combination, to teach by combining and comparing, hence, to show, prove, establish, exhibit (Winer's Grammar, 23 (22)): τί, Rom 3:5; Rom 5:8 (εὔνοιαν, Polybius 4, 5, 6); ἑαυτούς ὡς τινες, 2Co 6:4; with two accusatives, one of the object, the other of the predicate, Gal 2:18 (Diodorus 13, 91; συνίστησιν συτον προφήτην, Philo rer. div. haer. § 52); followed by an accusative with an infinitive (cf. Buttmann, 274 (236)), 2Co 7:11 (Diodorus 14, 45).
4. to put together (i. e. unite parts into one whole), perfect, pluperfect and 2 aorist to be composed of, consist: ἐξ ὕδατος καί δἰ ὕδατος, 2Pe 3:5 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 45, 6 a.; (see above, at the beginning)); to cohere, hold together: τά πάντα συνέστηκεν ἐν αὐτῷ, Col 1:17 (Plato, de rep. 7, p. 530 a.; Tim., p. 61 a.; (Bonitz's index to Aristotle (Berlin Acad. edition) under the word συνισταναι), and often in ecclesiastical writings; (cf. Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited)).
STRONGS NT 4921a: συνκατανεύω [συνκατανεύω: 1 aorist participle συνκατανευσας; to consent to, agree with: Act 18:27 WH (rejected) marginal reading (Polybius 3, 52, 6; others.)]
15 occurrences
Luke (1), Romans (3), II Corinthians (8), Galatians (1), Colossians (1), II Peter (1)