Strong’s G4026 · Greek
περιΐστημι
periḯstēmi · per-ee-is'-tay-mee
Origin from περί (G4012) and ἵστημι (G2476);
Meaning to stand all around, i.e. (near) to be a bystander, or (aloof) to keep away from
In the King James Version avoid, shun, stand by (round about).
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- John 11:42And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
- Acts 25:7And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
- 2 Timothy 2:16But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
- Titus 3:9But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.