{"def":{"short":"to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)","long":["to cause or make to stand, to place, put, set",["to bid to stand by, [set up]",["in the presence of others, in the midst, before judges, before members of the Sanhedrin;","to place"],"to make firm, fix establish",["to cause a person or a thing to keep his or its place","to stand, be kept intact (of family, a kingdom), to escape in safety","to establish a thing, cause it to stand",["to uphold or sustain the authority or force of anything"]],"to set or place in a balance",["to weigh: money to one (because in very early times before the introduction of coinage, the metals used to be weighed)"]],"to stand",["to stand by or near",["to stop, stand still, to stand immovable, stand firm",["of the foundation of a building"]],"to stand",["continue safe and sound, stand unharmed, to stand ready or prepared","to be of a steadfast mind","of quality, one who does not hesitate, does not waiver"]]]},"deriv":"a prolonged form of a primary στάω <pronunciation strongs=\"stah'-o\"/> (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses)","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈhi.ste.mi","ipa_mod":"ˈi.ste̞.mi","sbl":"histēmi","dic":"HEE-stay-mee","dic_mod":"EE-stay-mee"},"see":["G5087"],"comment":"Compare G5087."}