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ἐφίστημι
ephístēmi · Greek · Strong's G2186 · 20 occurrences
The KJV renders 16 different Hebrew and Greek words as “unto”
What it means
to stand upon, i.e. be present (in various applications, friendly or otherwise, usually literal);
from G1909 (ἐπί) and G2476 (ἵστημι);
How the KJV renders it
assault, come in, unto, upon, be at hand, present, stand before, over
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“unto”
also renders engýs (G1451), epistéllō (G1989), héōs (G2193), analambánō (G353), prosphérō (G4374), méchri (G3360), áchri (G891), hōs (G5613), prosérchomai (G4334), epichorēgéō (G2023), proséchō (G4337), hypotássō (G5293), tís (G5101), proskaléomai (G4341), ʻad (H5705)
“upon”
also renders peritíthēmi (G4060), epérchomai (G1904), epánō (G1883), epoikodoméō (G2026), hóthen (G3606), epíkeimai (G1945), epikaléomai (G1941), chânan (H2603), lâbash (H3847), min (H4481), mishṭôwach (H4894), nâsag (H5381), ʻal (H5922), qâvâh (H6960), râcham (H7355)
“present”
“over”
“come in”
“assault”
also renders hormḗ (G3730)
“stand before”
also renders parístēmi (G3936)
Where it appears
20 occurrences in the Greek text.
2 Timothy 4:2 V-2AAM-2S2 Timothy 4:6 V-RAI-3SActs 4:1 V-2AAI-3PActs 6:12 V-2AAP-NPMActs 10:17 V-2AAI-3PActs 11:11 V-2AAI-3PActs 12:7 V-2AAI-3SActs 17:5 V-2AAP-NPMActs 22:13 V-2AAP-NSMActs 22:20 V-RAP-NSMActs 23:11 V-2AAP-NSMActs 23:27 V-2AAP-NSMActs 28:2 V-RAP-ASMLuke 2:9 V-2AAI-3SLuke 2:38 V-2AAP-NSFLuke 4:39 V-2AAP-NSMLuke 10:40 V-2AAP-NSFLuke 20:1 V-2AAI-3PLuke 21:34 V-2AAS-3SLuke 24:4 V-2AAI-3P
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.