περιΐστημι: 2 aorist
περιεστην; perfect participle
περιεστώς; present middle imperative 2 person singular
περιΐστασο (on which form see
Winers Grammar, § 14, 1 e.; (
Buttmann, 47 (40), who both call it passive (but see
Veitch, p. 340)));
1. in the present, imperfect, future, 1 aorist, active,
to place around (one).
2. in the perfect, pluperfect, 2 aorist active, and the tenses of the middle,
to stand around:
John 11:42;
Acts 25:7 (in L T Tr WH with an accusative; cf. Winers Grammar, § 52, 4, 12). Middle to turn oneself about namely, for the purpose of avoiding something, hence, to avoid, shun (Josephus, Antiquities 4, 6, 12; 10, 10, 4; b. j. 2, 8, 6; Antoninus 3,4; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 4, 59; Athen. 15, p. 675 e.; (Diogenes Laërtius 9, 14; Jamblichus, vit. Pythagoras 31 (p. 392, Kiessl. edition); Sextus Empiricus; joined with φεύγειν, Josephus, Antiquities 1, 1, 4; with ἐκτρέπεσθαι, Lucian, Hermot. § 86; Hesychius περιΐστασο. Ἀποφευγε, ἀνατρεπε; (cf. furher, D'Orville's Chariton, Reiske edition, p. 282); this use of the verb is censured by Lucian, soloec. 5): in the N. T. so with an accusative of the thing (cf. Winer's Grammar, the passage cited), 2 Timothy 2:16; Titus 3:9.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- John
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11:42
- Acts
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25:7
- 2 Timothy
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2:16
- Titus
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3:9
