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 2:3810:4020:1, Ac 6:1212:722:13, 2023:27, II Ti 4:2; c. dat. pers., Lk 2:924:4, Ac 4:123:11; c. dat. loc., Ac 17:5; seq. έπί, c. acc, Ac 10:1711:11; 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).†