προΐστημι: 2 aorist infinitive
προστῆναι; perfect participle
προεστώς; present middle
προισταμαι; from
Homer, Iliad 4, 156 down;
1. in the transitive tenses
to set or place before; to set over.
2. in the perfect pluperfect and 2 aorist active and in the present and imperfect middle
a. to be over, to superintend, preside over (
A. V. rule) (so from
Herodotus down):
1 Timothy 5:17; with a genitive of the person or thing over which one presides,
1 Thessalonians 5:12;
1 Timothy 3:4f, 12.
b. to be a protector or guardian; to give aid (
Euripides,
Demosthenes,
Aeschines,
Polybius):
Romans 12:8 ((others with
A. V. to rule; cf. Fritzsche at the passage; Stuart, commentary, excurs. xii.)).
c. to care for, give attention to: with a genitive of the thing,
καλῶν ἔργων,
Titus 3:8, 14; for examples from secular writings see
Kypke and Lösner; (some (cf.
R. V. marginal reading) would render these two examples
profess honest occupations (see
ἔργον, 1); but cf.
ἔργον, 3, p. 248b middle and Field, Otium Norv. pars iii, at the passage cited).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Romans
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12:8
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1 Thessalonians
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5:12
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1 Timothy
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3:4; 3:12; 5:17
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Titus
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3:8; 3:14
