Quick Definition
ἐνίστημι v. I place in or upon, am at hand, am present, threaten
Strong's Definition
from 1722 and 2476; to place on hand, i.e. (reflexively) impend, (participle) be instant
KJV Usage: come, be at hand, present
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | pf. ἐνέστηκα · ptc. ἐνεστηκώς, ἐνεστώς · fut.midd. ἐνστήσομαι | ἵστημι
13.109 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen
to happen, to come about to happen, with the implication of there being a particular set of circumstances
67.41 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After
present, to be present to be simultaneous with the time of the discourse
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐν-ίστημι : pf. ἐνέστηκα, ptep. ἐνεστηκώς (Ileb. ix. 9), and by syncope ἐνεστώς ; fut. mid. ἐνστήσομαι ; to place in or among; to put in; in pf., plpf., 2 aor., and in mid. (prop. as it were fo stand in sight, stand near) to be upon, impend, threaten: 2 Th. ii. 2; fut. mid. 2 Tim. iii. 1. pf. ptep. close at hand, 1 Co. vii. 26; as often in Grk. writ. (in the grammarians 6 ἐνεστώς sc. χρόνος is the present tense [cf. Philo de plant. Noe § 27 τριμερὴς χρόνος, ὃς εἰς τὸν παρεληλυθότα καὶ ἐνεστῶτα καὶ μέλλοντα τέμνεσθαι πέφυκεν |), present : ὁ καιρὸς ὁ ἐνεστώς, [{6}0. ix. 9; τὰ ἐνεστῶτα opp. to τὰ μέλλοντα, Ro. viii. 38; 1 Co. iii. 22; 6 ἐνεστὼς αἰὼν πονηρός in tacit contrast with τῷ μέλλοντε αἰῶνι, Gal. i. 4, (Basil. ep. 57 ad Melet. [iii. p. 151 ο. ed. Benedict. ] ὠφέλιμα διδάγματα ἣ ἐφόδια πρός τε τὸν ἐνεστῶτα αἰῶνα καὶ τὸν μέλλοντα). [Many (so R. V.) would adopt the meaning present in 2 Th. ii. 2 and 1 Co. vii. 26 also; but ef. Mey. on Gal. 1. 6.71
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐνίστημι enistēmi 7x
to place in or upon; intrans., to stand close upon; to be at hand, impend, to be present, Rom. 8:38; 2 Thess. 2:2; Heb. 9:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐν-ίστημι
[in LXX: IV Ki 13:6 A (עמד), III Ki 12:24, I Es 5:47 9:6, Es 3:13, 1; I-IV Mac 9 * ;]
to place in; in pf., plpf., 2 aor. and in mid., intrans.;
to be at hand, impend, threaten: II Ti 3:1;
to be present: II Th 2:2 (but v. Thayer, s.v.); pf. ptcp., present: I Co 7:26, Ga 1:4, He 9:9; pl., Ro 8:38, I Co 3:22 (Cremer, 309).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐνίστημι (enistēmi) — be present. ἐνίστημι, causal in present, future and aorist 1 active, and aorist 1 middle:— put, place in, ἵππον ἐν λίθοις ἐνιστάναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς αὐτὴν (i.e. τὴν πόλιν) ἡνίοχον ἐνστῆσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἱπποκόμους εἰς (i.e. amongst) τοὺς ἱππέας ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. in Law, institute an heir, ἐ. κληρονόμους τοὺς υἱούς [Refs 6th c.AD+]
3. aorist 1 middle, also, begin, ὅσαι τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτ᾽ ἐνεστήσαντο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ τοιοῦτον ἀγῶν᾽ ἐνστησάμενος [Refs]; ἐ. τὸ πρᾶγμα, Latin rem instituere, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὀργὴν καὶ μῖσος πρός τινα ἐνστήσασθαι to begin to show.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: with infinitive, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
4. ἐνστήσασθαι τὸ μέγεθος determine the size, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] __B passive, with aorist 2, perfect, and pluperfect active:—to be set in, stand in, λὁχοις [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.2 enter upon, take possession of, ὁ νικάσας ἐν τὰν οὐσίαν ἐνίσταται τὰν τοῦ ἁλόντος [Refs] __B.II to be appointed, σοῦ ἐνεστεῶτος βασιλέος [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.III to be upon, threaten, with dative person, τοιούτων τοῖσι Σπαρτιήτῃσι ἐνεστεώτων πρηγμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in war, press hard, τινί [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: absolutely, begin, [τοῦ θέρους] ἐνισταμένου [LXX+4th c.BC+]; to be at hand, arise, ὁ τότ᾽ ἐνστὰς πόλεμος [Refs 4th c.BC+]: especially in perfect participle, pending, present, μιᾶς ἐνεστώσης δίκης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Time, instant, present, τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος μηνός Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐνεστῶσα κακία, ἀνάγκη, [NT+4th c.BC+] __B.III.2 esp. Grammars, ὁ ἐνεστὼς (i.e. χρόνος) the present tense, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]the state of completion expressed by the perfect tense, [Refs]aorist, τοῦ ποτὲ ἐνστάντος when the moment has arrived, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τὰ ἐνεστηκότα πράγματα present circumstances, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.IV stand in the way, resist, block, τοῖς ποιουμένοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, stand in the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐνεστηκώς the opponent in a lawsuit, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.IV.2 in Logic, object, τῷ καθόλου [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.IV.3 of the Roman tribunes, exercise the right of intercessio, veto, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] __B.V of fluids, congeal, freeze, ὕδωρ ἐνεστηκός [Refs 4th c.BC+]; become impacted in, ἐνιστάμενον ἐπὶ τὰ τοῦ στομάχου στενά (i.e. γάλα) [Refs 1st c.AD+]
