Gloss
to place beside, put at disposal; to present, make an offering; (intr.) to stand before, provide, come to aid
Forms of the word
Dictionary
παρίστημι
Greek transliteration
paristēmi
Simplified transliteration
paristemi
Principal Parts
παραστήσω, παρέστησα ορ παρέστην, παρέστηκα, -, παρεστάθην
Numbers
Strong's number
3936
GK Number
4225
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
41
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
cv-6a
Definition
pluperfect, παρειστήκειν, also formed as παριστάνω, trans. to place beside; to have in readiness, provide, Acts 23:24; to range beside, to place at the disposal of, Mt. 26:53; Acts 9:41; to present to God, dedicate, consecrate, devote, Lk. 2:22; Rom. 6:13, 19; to prove, demonstrate, show, Acts 1:3; 24:13; to commend, recommend, 1 Cor. 8:8; intrans. perf. παρέστηκα, part. παρεστώς, pluperf. παρειστήκειν, 2 aor. παρέστην, and mid., to stand by or before, Acts 27:24; Rom. 14:10; to stand by, to be present, Mk. 14:47, 69, 70; to stand in attendance, attend, Lk. 1:19; 1:24; of time, to be present, have come, Mk. 4:29; to stand by in aid, assist, support, Rom. 16:2
Greek-English Concordance for παρίστημι
| Romans 6:13 | Do (paristanete | παριστάνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) not continue to present (paristanete | παριστάνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present (parastēsate | παραστήσατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. |
| Romans 6:16 | Do you not know that if you (paristanete | παριστάνετε | pres act ind 2 pl) present (paristanete | παριστάνετε | pres act ind 2 pl) yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? |
| Romans 6:19 | (I am speaking in human terms because of your natural limitations.) For just as you presented (parestēsate | παρεστήσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present (parastēsate | παραστήσατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification. |
| Romans 12:1 | I appeal you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present (parastēsai | παραστῆσαι | aor act inf ) your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God — this is a reasonable act of worship for you. |
| Romans 14:10 | Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or again, why do you hold your brother in contempt? For we (parastēsometha | παραστησόμεθα | fut mid ind 1 pl) will (parastēsometha | παραστησόμεθα | fut mid ind 1 pl) all stand (parastēsometha | παραστησόμεθα | fut mid ind 1 pl) before the judgment seat of God. |
| Romans 16:2 | so that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and give (parastēte | παραστῆτε | aor act subj 2 pl) her any help she may need from you; for she has been of great assistance to many, including myself. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:8 | Food does (parastēsei | παραστήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) not bring (parastēsei | παραστήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) us close (parastēsei | παραστήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) to God. We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. |
| 2 Corinthians 4:14 | knowing that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring (parastēsei | παραστήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) us, together with you, before (parastēsei | παραστήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) him. |
| 2 Corinthians 11:2 | For I am jealous for you with a jealousy God inspires, for I have promised you in marriage to a single husband, to Christ, that (parastēsai | παραστῆσαι | aor act inf ) I (parastēsai | παραστῆσαι | aor act inf ) might (parastēsai | παραστῆσαι | aor act inf ) present (parastēsai | παραστῆσαι | aor act inf ) you to him as an undefiled virgin. |
| Ephesians 5:27 | so that he might present (parastēsē | παραστήσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) the church to himself in splendor, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she might be holy and without blemish. |
| Colossians 1:22 | he has now reconciled in Christ’s physical body physical Christ’s through his death, in order to present (parastēsai | παραστῆσαι | aor act inf ) you holy, without blemish and beyond reproach in his sight his — |
| Colossians 1:28 | He is the one we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present (parastēsōmen | παραστήσωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl) everyone mature in Christ. |
| 2 Timothy 2:15 | Be diligent to (parastēsai | παραστῆσαι | aor act inf ) present (parastēsai | παραστῆσαι | aor act inf ) yourself before God as one tried and true, an unashamed worker, correctly handling the word of truth. |
| 2 Timothy 4:17 | But the Lord stood (parestē | παρέστη | aor act ind 3 sg) by (parestē | παρέστη | aor act ind 3 sg) me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fulfilled, namely, all the Gentiles might hear, and I was rescued from the mouth of a lion. |
