Sunistēmi, sunistaō συνίστημι, συνιστάω

Sunistēmi, sunistaō (Greek συνίστημι, συνιστάω, Strong's G4921) is a Greek verb meaning “to commend”. It occurs 16 times in 15 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

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

Translated as

Verses

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

Luke

• Luke 9:32
  But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.Meanwhile Peter and his companions were overcome by sleep, but when they awoke, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with Him.

Romans

• Romans 3:5
  But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
• Romans 5:8
  But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
• Romans 16:1
  I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 3:1
  Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
• 2 Corinthians 4:2
  But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
• 2 Corinthians 5:12
  For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.
• 2 Corinthians 6:4
  But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
• 2 Corinthians 7:11
  For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
• 2 Corinthians 10:12
  For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.
• 2 Corinthians 10:18
  For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
• 2 Corinthians 12:11
  I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

Galatians

• Galatians 2:18
  For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

Colossians

• Colossians 1:17
  And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 3:5
  For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

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).