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Consist

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: εἰμί

(Strong's #1510 — verb — eimi — i-mee' )

"to be," is rendered "consist" (lit., "is") in Luke 12:15 .

2: συνίστημι

(Strong's #4921 — Verb — sunistemi — soon-is-tah'-o, soon-is-tah'-an'-o, soon-is-tah'-ay-mee )

sun, "with," histemi, "to stand," denotes, in its intransitive sense, "to stand with or fall together, to be constituted, to be compact;" it is said of the universe as upheld by the Lord, Colossians 1:17 , lit., "by Him all things stand together," i.e., "consist" (the Latin consisto, "to stand together," is the exact equivalent of sunistemi). See APPROVE , COMMEND , MAKE , STAND.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Consist'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​c/consist.html. 1940.
 
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