Lexicon
ἐνίστημι
enistēmi
G1764
G:V Greek

be present

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enistemi marks things, times, or events as presently in view or as having arrived.

The attested usage marks realities as present or in force: it describes present things, a necessity, an age, and a time, and it can state that a day is present or that harsh times will be present.

Senses in use

  1. Present realities, times, and events · dominant

    Perfect active participial forms describe realities currently in view: in 1 Corinthians 3:22 and Romans 8:38 the APB renders a contrast involving “things present” and “things to come,” while 1 Corinthians 7:26, Galatians 1:4, and Hebrews 9:9 refer to a present necessity, age, and time. In 2 Thessalonians 2:2, the perfect active indicative occurs in the claim that “the day of the Lord is present”; 2 Timothy 3:1 uses a future middle indicative for harsh times that “will be present.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the relevant clauses with “things present,” “present necessity,” “present evil age,” “present time,” and “the day of the Lord is present,” and it says harsh times “will be present.” These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.

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Across Scripture