ἐξίστημι existēmi

Greek word for “to amaze” · Strong’s G1839 · used 17 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

ἐξ-ίστημι (also in Hellenistic -ιστάνω, Act 8:9);

How it is translated

Glosses given for existēmi in context, with how often each is used:

• amazed 13
• crazy 2
• amazing 1
• have amazed 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 8 (3), Acts 2 (2), Matthew 12 (1), Mark 2 (1), Mark 3 (1), Mark 5 (1), Mark 6 (1), Luke 2 (1), Luke 8 (1), Luke 24 (1)

Forms

• ἐξίσταντο 6
• ἐξέστησαν 5
• ἐξίστασθαι 1
• ἐξέστη 1
• ἐξιστάνων 1
• ἐξεστακέναι 1
• ἐξίστατο 1
• ἐξέστημεν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with existēmi more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• μέγας megas “great” 3
• Σίμων Simōn “Simon” 2
• εὐθέως eutheōs “immediately” 2
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 3
• εἶναι einai “to exist” 2
• ἔθνος ethnos “Gentiles” 2
• Πέτρος Petros “Peter” 2
• ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 2
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 2
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 2

Key verses

The verses using existēmi that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 12:23 — And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
• Mark 2:12 — And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on…
• Mark 3:21 — And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
• Mark 6:51 — And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
• Luke 2:47 — And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
• Acts 2:7 — And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilæans?
• Acts 2:12 — And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
• Acts 8:9 — But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was…
• Acts 8:13 — Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
• Acts 9:21 — But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that…
• Acts 10:45 — And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy…
• 2 Corinthians 5:13 — For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.