Dictionary entry

ἐπίσταμαι

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐπίσταμαι

(prob. an old mid, of ἐφίστημι, q.v.), [in LXX chiefly for יָדַע;]

to know, know of, understand: c. acc pers., Ac 19:15; c. ptcp., ib. 24:10; c. acc rei, Mk 14:68, Ac 18:25, I Ti 6:4, Ja 4:14, Ju 10; seq. περί, Ac 26:26; ὅτι, ib. 15:719:2522:19; ὡς, ib. 10:28; πῶς, ib. 20:18; ποῦ, He 11:8.†

SYN: γινώσκω (q.v.), οἶδα