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ἐπίσταμαι

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἐπίσταμαι
Greek transliteration: 
epistamai
Simplified transliteration: 
epistamai
Principal Parts: 
(ἠπιστάμην), -, -, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1987
GK Number: 
2179
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
14
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
cv-6b
Gloss: 
to understand, know, be aware
Definition: 
to be versed in, to be master of, 1 Tim. 6:4; to be acquainted with, Acts 18:25; 19:15; Jude 10: to know, Acts 10:28; to remember, comprehend, understand, Mk. 14:68

Greek-English Concordance for ἐπίσταμαι

Mark 14:68 But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand (epistamai | ἐπίσταμαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) what you are saying.” And he went out into the exterior court, and a rooster crowed.
Acts 10:28 And he said to them, “You (epistasthe | ἐπίστασθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) yourselves know (epistasthe | ἐπίστασθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another race, but God showed me that I should call no person common or unclean.
Acts 15:7 After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “My brothers, you know (epistasthe | ἐπίστασθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) that in days of old God made a choice among you, that through my mouth the Gentiles should hear the message of the gospel and believe.
Acts 18:25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus, though he knew (epistamenos | ἐπιστάμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) only the baptism of John.
Acts 19:15 But the evil spirit answering said to them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize (epistamai | ἐπίσταμαι | pres pass ind 1 sg), but who are you?”
Acts 19:25 He called them together with workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know (epistasthe | ἐπίστασθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) that from this trade prosperity comes to us.
Acts 20:18 And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know (epistasthe | ἐπίστασθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) how I lived among you the whole time from the first day on which I set foot in Asia,
Acts 22:19 And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know (epistantai | ἐπίστανται | pres pass ind 3 pl) that I used to go from one synagogue to another imprisoning and flogging those who believed in you.
Acts 24:10 And Paul responded, when the governor motioned to him to speak: “Knowing (epistamenos | ἐπιστάμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) that (epistamenos | ἐπιστάμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) for many years you have been a judge over this nation, gladly do I make my own defense concerning these things.
Acts 26:26 For the king knows (epistatai | ἐπίσταται | pres pass ind 3 sg) about these matters, and to him I am speaking boldly, for I am persuaded that none of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.
1 Timothy 6:4 he is puffed up with conceit, understanding (epistamenos | ἐπιστάμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) nothing, but has a sickly craving for speculations and fights about words out of which come envy, strife, slanders, evil suspicions,
Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he would receive as an inheritance. He set out even (epistamenos | ἐπιστάμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) though (epistamenos | ἐπιστάμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) he (epistamenos | ἐπιστάμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) did (epistamenos | ἐπιστάμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) not know (epistamenos | ἐπιστάμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) where he was going.
James 4:14 You have (epistasthe | ἐπίστασθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) no idea (epistasthe | ἐπίστασθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are but a mist that appears for a brief moment and then disappears.
Jude 1:10 But these people blaspheme whatever they do not understand, and what they (epistantai | ἐπίστανται | pres pass ind 3 pl) do (epistantai | ἐπίστανται | pres pass ind 3 pl) understand (epistantai | ἐπίστανται | pres pass ind 3 pl) by instinct as irrational beasts, by these they are being destroyed.