ἘΦΊΣΤΗΜΙ: ἐφ-ίστημι [ [in LXX for נָצַב ni., שִׁית, נָתַן, etc. ;] ] 1. . causal in pres., impf., fut., 1 aor., to set upon or by, set up, etc. (Æsch., Hdt., Arist., al).
2. . Intrans. in mid, and in pf. and 2 aor. act.; (a) . to stand upon; (b) . to be set over; (c) . to stand by, be present, be at hand, come on or upon: Lk 2:38 10:40 20:1, Ac 6:12 12:7 22:13, 20 23:27, II Ti 4:2; c. dat. pers., Lk 2:9 24:4, Ac 4:1 23:11; c. dat. loc., Ac 17:5; seq. έπί, c. acc, Ac 10:17 11:11; of rain, Ac 28:2; of evils impending, c. dat. pers., I Th 5:3; seq. έπί (Wi 6:9), Lk 21:34; of time, II Ti 4:6 (cf. κατ-, συν-εφίστημι).†