Stēkō στήκω

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Stēkō
στήκω
Transliterationstēkō
Strong's numberG4739
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto stand
Occurrences9 in 9 verses
Most frequent inMark (2)

Stēkō (Greek στήκω, Strong's G4739) is a Greek verb meaning “to stand”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

στήκω late Pres., formed from perf., ἕστηκα (see B1., § 17; WH, App., 169; Kennedy, Sources, 158; M, Pr., 238; MM, xxiii),
[in LXX: Exo.14:13 A, Jdg.16:26 B, 3Ki.8:11 B * ;]
= ἵστημι, to stand: Mrk.3:31 11:25, Jhn.1:26, Rev.12:4 (ἕστηκεν T). Metaphorical, to stand firm, stand fast: absol., Gal.5:1 (but see Field, Notes, 189 f.), 2Th.2:15; before ἐν, Jhn.8:44 (ἕστηκεν, T, R, mg.), 1Co.16:13, Php.1:27 4:1; with dative, Rom.14:4.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVfast (6), ye stand (1), standeth (1)
BSBstand firm (3), stood (1), you stand (1), uphold (1), he stands (1), you stand firm (1), you must stand firm (1), are standing firm (1)

Verses

Every verse with Stēkō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Mark

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

Philippians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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