GreekG1339Verb
διΐστημι
diistēmi
“to pass”
3Occurrences
G1339Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
to stand apart, i.e. (reflexively) to remove, intervene
from G1223 (διά) and G2476 (ἵστημι);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to set apart, separate; of time (or space), to make an interval, intervene: διαστάσης ὥρας μιᾶς; βραχὺ διαστήσαντες. In pass., mid. and 2 aor., pf. and plpf. act., to part, withdraw.
LXX: (חָלַק pi.), (פָּרַד hi.), etc.
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
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Morphology Code
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Full Description
Greek Verb
Occurrences
διΐστημι appears 3 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Luke
2
Acts
1
Key Passages
Acts 27:28BSB
They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.
Luke 22:59BSB
About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”
Luke 24:51BSB
While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.
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