στηρίζω
[in LXX for סמך, שׂוּם (שׂים), etc.;]
to fix, set fast, make fast: Lk 16:26; τ. πρόσωτον (Ez 6:213:17, al.; v. Dalman, Words, 30 f.), Lk 9:51. Metaph., to confirm, establish: c., acc., Lk 22:32, Ac 18:23, Ro 1:1116:25, I Th 3:2, 13, II Th 3:3, Ja 5:8, I Pe 5:10, Re 3:2; id. seq. ἐν, II Th 2:17, II Pe 1:12.†