Quick Definition
περιΐστημι v. I stand around, avoid, shun
Strong's Definition
from 4012 and 2476; to stand all around, i.e. (near) to be a bystander, or (aloof) to keep away from
KJV Usage: avoid, shun, stand by (round about)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor.3pl. περιέστησαν · pf.ptc. περιεστώς · pres.midd.impv.2sg. περιΐστασο | ἵστημι
17.4 · Stances and Events Related to Stances · Stand
to stand around, to be around to stand around someone or to encircle
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
περιίστημι periistēmi 4x
to place around; intrans. 2 aor. περιέστην, perf. part. περιεστώς, to stand around, Jn. 11:42; Acts 25:7; mid. to keep aloof from, avoid, shun, 2 Tim. 2:16; Tit. 3:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
περι-ίστημι (Rec. ΐστημι),
[in LXX: Jos 6:3 (סבב), II Ki 13:31 (נצב ni.), I Ki 4:16, Ep. Je 37, Jth 5:22, II Mac 14:9*;]
to place around.
to stand around: Jo 11:42; c. acc. pers., Ac 25:7. Mid. (in late writers), to turn oneself about to avoid, to shun: c. acc. rei, II Ti 2:16, Tit 3:9.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
περιίστημι. OGIS 735° (ii/B.c.) ἐν τοῖς νῦν περιστᾶσι και[ροῖς, present circumstances,” as contrasted with ἔν τε τοῖς πρότερον χρόνοις mentioned just before. See also P Oxy VI. 89914 (A.D. 200) where a woman complains of having been reduced to extreme poverty—els ἔνδειά]ν pe ob τὴν τυχοῦσαν περιστῆναι, and 20. 90215 (c. A.D. 465) εἰς τελείαν γὰρ ἀνατροπὴν καὶ εἰς αἰχάτην πεινων (/. ἐσχάτην πεῖναν) περιέστην, “1 have been reduced to complete ruin and the extremity of hunger’’ (Edd.): cf. Vett. Val. p. 28555 εἰς μεγίστας ἀτυχίας περιιστάνουσιν. The late use of the mid. = “‘turn oneself about” to avoid, “shun,” c. acc., as in 2 Tim 215, Tit 35, may perhaps be illustrated from Chrest. 11. 88|ν.80. (ii/A.p.) τῆς δὲ [ἀ]ντίας Δρουσίλλας περιισταμένης τὴν λογο[θ]εσίαν. Other exx. of the mid. are BGU IV. ro1g (mid. ii/A.D.) περι[εἼσταμένης δ᾽ αὐτῆς, and the floril/egeum PSI ΤΙ. 120%? (iv/A.D. Ὁ) μηδὲ εἰς πρᾶγμα περιίστασο 8 σοι μὴ προσῆκε. “in
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
περιΐστημι (periistēmi) — to stand around. περιίστημι,. in the transitive tenses (with perfect περιέστᾰκα [Refs 5th c.BC+], place round, π. τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. bring round, ὁ δῆμος εἰς ἑαυτὸν περιέστησε τὴν πολιτείαν [Refs 5th c.BC+].with; εἰς τοσοῦτον π. τινά, ὥστε.. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially into a worse state, εἰς τοῦθ᾽ ἡ τύχη τὰ πράγματα αὐτῶν περιέστησεν ὥστε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἴκους εἰς πενίαν π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; convert, εἰς τὸ περιφερὲς [τὸν ἀέρα] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; transfer, π. τὰς ἑαυτοῦ συμφορὰς εἴς τινα [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. in aorist 1 middle, place round oneself, ξυστοφόρων κύκλον [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B passive and middle, with aorist 2 (aorist 1, see.below [Refs]perfect, and pluperfect active:—stand round about, περίστησαν γὰρ ἑταῖροι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κῦμα περιστάθη a wave rose around (Epic dialect aorist passive), [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ περιεστῶτες the bystanders, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.2 with accusative objecti, encircle, surround, χορὸν περιίσταθ᾽ ὅμιλος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; βοῦν δὲ περιστήσαντο (perhaps περίστησάν τε)[Refs 8th c.BC+]; μή πώς με περιστήωσ᾽ ἕνα πολλοί (Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural subjunctive aorist 2 for -στῶσι) that their numbers surround me not, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.3 with dative, περιισταμένους τῇ κλίνῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: mostly metaphorically, come round to one, ἡμῖν.. ἀδοξία τὸ πλέον ἢ ἔπαινος περιέστη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνάγκη π. τινί, with infinitive, [Refs]circumstances, mostly bad, τὰ περιεστηκότα πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II come round, revolve, κύκλῳ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of winds, ἐκ τῶν ἀπαρκτίων εἰς θρασκίας [Refs]; of Time, περιισταμένης τῆς ὥρας [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.2 come round to, devolve upon, περιειστήκει ὑποψία ἐς τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ὀλίγους ἡμᾶς περιέστη [ἡ στατίων] [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __B.II.3 of events, come round, turn out, especially for the worse, ἐξ ἀρρωστίης π. τινὶ ἐς ὕδερον [Refs 5th c.BC+] became dropsical, [Refs]; ἐς τοῦτο περιέστη ἡ τύχη fortune was so completely reversed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὐναντίον περιέστη αὐτῷ it turned out quite contrary for him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φιλεῖ ἐς τύχας τὰ πολλὰ περιίστασθαι come to be dependent on chances, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐνταῦθα τὰ πράγματα π. ὥστε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περιέστηκεν εἰς τοῦτο ὥστε.. [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with infinitive, περιειστήκει τοῖς βοηθείας δεήσεσθαι δοκοῦσιν αὐτοὺς βοηθεῖν ἑτέροις [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, περιέστηκεν ἡ πρότερον σωφροσύνη νῦν ἀβουλία φαινομένη [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.III later, go round so as to avoid, shun, τὰς ἁμαρτίας [Refs 5th c.BC+] (though he censures this usage, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ μοναρχικόν[NT+2nd c.AD+]; π. μὴ.. to be afraid lest.., [Refs 1st c.AD+]; sneak round, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; circumvent, τοὺς λογιστάς Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—so in passive, περιεσταμένης τῆς λογοθεσίας [Refs 2nd c.AD+]