enistēmi · be present

What it means

enistēmi (ἐνίστημι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be present”.

Be here now; also be at hand, be coming.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What has already begun and is lived now, as against what is to come.
2. Be about to arrive.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• present ×5
• here ×1
• will come ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×2
• Galatians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• 2 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×1

• Romans 8:38

  For I am convinced that neither death nor life nor angels nor rulers nor things present nor things to come nor powers,

• 1 Corinthians 3:22

  whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come, all things are yours,

• 1 Corinthians 7:26

  I think, then, that this is good because of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

• Galatians 1:4

  who gave himself for our sins so that he might rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

• 2 Thessalonians 2:2

  that you not be quickly shaken from your mind or alarmed, whether by a spirit or by a word or by a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is here.

• 2 Timothy 3:1

  But know this, that in the last days difficult times will come.

• Hebrews 9:9

  This is a symbol for the present time, according to which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot make the worshiper perfect with respect to conscience,