Quick Definition
εὐπερίστατος, ον Adj easily encircling
Strong's Definition
from 2095 and a derivative of a presumed compound of 4012 and 2476; well standing around, i.e. (a competitor) thwarting (a racer) in every direction (figuratively, of sin in genitive case)
KJV Usage: which doth so easily beset
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | ἵστημι
37.6 · Control, Rule · Control, Restrain
being in control of, controlling tightly pertaining to the exertion of tight control
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εὐπερίστατος euperistatos 1x
easily or constantly distracted, Heb. 12:1*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* εὐ-περί-στατος, -ον
(< εὖ, περιΐστημι),
of sins, readily besetting: He 12:1 (on form and sense of the word, v. Westc., in l.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εὐπερίστατος. Deissmann’s reference (2S, p. 150) to the use of the subst. περίστασις in the evil sense of ‘‘distress,” ‘‘calamity,” as in 2 Macc 428, in the vernacular P Lond 42?! (B.c. 168) (=I. p. 30, Selections, p. 10) μηδ᾽ ἐνβεβλοφέναι eis τὴν ἡμετέραν περίστασιν, ‘nor spared a look for our miserable state,” may perhaps be taken as supporting Theophylact’s explanation of the compound adj. in Heb 12, ‘‘ because of which one easily falls into distresses (περιστάσεις). As against Westcott (Comm. ad /oc.), Moulton [G*. 11. § 106 (c)] has shown that there is nothing in the form of the verbal to forbid this interpretation, and he enumerates the various meanings as follows—(1) ‘‘ easily avoided,” (2) ‘* admired” (lit. ‘‘well-surrounded”’), (3) ‘‘ easily surrounding,” ‘‘ besetting,” or (4) ‘‘ dangerous ”’ (lit. ‘“‘ having easy distress ”).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
εὐπερίστατος (euperistatos) — thwarting. εὐπερί-στᾰτος, ον, easily besetting, ἁμαρτία [NT]; perhaps leading to distress, compare περίστασις; εὐπερίστατον, ={εὔκολον},{εὐχερῆ}, [Refs 5th c.AD+]