Dictionary entry

καθίστημι

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

καθ-ίστημι

(and καθιστάνω, Ac 17:15), [in LXX for פּקד, קוּם, שׂוּם, etc., 24 words in all*;]

(a) to set down;

(b) to bring down to a place (Hom., Xen., al.; II Ch 28:15, I Ki 5:3): Ac 17:15.

2. to set in order, appoint, make, constitute: Tit 1:5, II Pe 1:8; c. dupl. acc., κριτήν, Lk 12:14; ἡγούμενον, Ac 7:10; ἄρχοντα, Ac 7:27, 35(LXX); ἀρχιερεῖς, He 7:28; seq. ἐπί, c. gen., Mt 24:4525:21, 23, Lk 12:42, Ac 6:3; id. c. dat., Mt 24:47, Lk 12:44; id. c. acc., He 2:7(LXX) (WH, R, mg. omit); pass. (v. Mayor, Ja., 115 f.), Ro 5:19, Ja 3:64:4; seq. εἰς c. inf., He 8:3; τὰ πρὸς τ. θεόν, He 5:1 (cf. ἀντι-, ἀπο-καθίστημι).†