Word study · lex.G4921
συνίστημι synistēmi
commend · recommend · prove · stand with · cohere
Team definition
Transitive senses are to place together, commend or recommend a person, and to show, prove, or establish. Rom 16:1 uses the commendation sense with the dative (“I commend to you”), a use frequent at the start of a letter of introduction. Intransitive forms mean to stand with or near, or to be composed of and cohere. The entry distinguishes those senses. It does not decide the status of the person commended.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 15
Luke 9:32Rom 3:5Rom 5:8Rom 16:12 Cor 3:12 Cor 4:22 Cor 5:122 Cor 6:42 Cor 7:112 Cor 10:122 Cor 10:182 Cor 12:11Gal 2:18Col 1:172 Pet 3:5
Senses
1. commend or recommend a person Rom 16:1, 2 Cor 3:1, 2 Cor 5:12
2. show, prove, or establish Rom 3:5, Rom 5:8, 2 Cor 7:11
3. stand with, or cohere Luke 9:32, Col 1:17, 2 Pet 3:5
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. συνίστημι (G4921)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G4921
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
διάκονος and προστάτις (16:1–2) Rom 16:1; Rom 16:2