Lexical Definition

‎καθίστημι‎ kathístēmi (kath-is'-tay-mee) to appoint/conduct ^G:V
from ‎κατά‎ and ‎ἵστημι‎

appoint, be, conduct, make, ordain, set.

• to place down (permanently), i.e. (figuratively) to designate, constitute, convoy

Abbott-Smith

καθ-ίστημι (and καθιστάνω, Ac 17:15), [in LXX for פּקד, קוּם, שׂוּם, etc., 24 words in all*;]
1.
(a) to set down;
(b) to bring down to a place (Hom., Xen., al.; II Ch 28:15, I Ki 5:3): Ac 17:15.
2. to set in order, appoint, make, constitute: Tit 1:5, II Pe 1:8; c. dupl. acc., κριτήν, Lk 12:14; ἡγούμενον, Ac 7:10; ἄρχοντα, Ac 7:27, 35(LXX); ἀρχιερεῖς, He 7:28; seq. ἐπί, c. gen., Mt 24:45 25:21, 23, Lk 12:42, Ac 6:3; id. c. dat., Mt 24:47, Lk 12:44; id. c. acc., He 2:7(LXX) (WH, R, mg. omit); pass. (v. Mayor, Ja., 115 f.), Ro 5:19, Ja 3:6 4:4; seq. εἰς c. inf., He 8:3; τὰ πρὸς τ. θεόν, He 5:1 (cf. ἀντι-, ἀπο-καθίστημι).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

καθίστημι,

__A in causal sense:—active, in present, imperfect, future, and perfect καθέστᾰκα [LXX+4th c.BC+]: pluperfect -εστάκει[Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—also in middle, future [Refs 2nd c.AD+], aorist 1, more rarely present (below [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—set down, κρητῆρα καθίστα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νῆα κατάστησον bring it to land, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. δίφρους place, station them, before starting for the race, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποῖ [δεῖ] καθιστάναι πόδ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; set up, erect, of stones, [Refs] —middle, [λαῖφος] κατεστήσαντο βοεῦσι steadied it, [Refs]
__A.2 bring down to a place, τούς μ᾽ ἐκέλευσα Πύλονδε καταστῆσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, bring, κ. τινὰ ἐς Νάξον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially bring back, πάλιν αὐτὸν κ. ἐς τὸ τεῖχος σῶν καὶ ὑγιᾶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; without πάλιν, replace, restore, ἐς φῶς σὸν κ. βίον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἃς (i.e. τὰς κόρας) οὐδ᾽ ὁ Μελάμπους.. καταστήσειεν ἄν cure their squint, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἰκτεριῶντας κ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὸ σῶμα restore the general health, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, κατεστήσαντο (variant for{κατεκτήσαντο}) εὐδαιμονίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, οὐκ ἂν ἀντὶ πόνων Χάρις καθίσταιτο would be returned, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.3 bring before a ruler or magistrate, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; τινὰ ἐπί τινα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__A.II set in order, array, of soldiers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; set as guards, προφυλακάς [Refs]
__A.II.2 ordain, appoint, κατέστησε τύραννον εἶναι παῖδα τὸν ἑωυτοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: usually without the infinitive, κ. τινὰ ὕπαρχον [Refs]; ἄλλον [ἄρχοντα] ἀντὶ αὐτοῦ [LXX+5th c.BC+]; δικαστάς, ἐπιμελητάς, νομοθέτας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of games, etc., γυμνικοὺς ἀγῶνας κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with infinitive, οἱ καθιστάντες μουσικῇ.. παιδεύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—so in passive, κυβερνᾶν κατασταθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist middle, appoint for oneself, τύραννον καταστησάμενοι παρὰ. σφίσι αὐτοῖσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.2.b especially of laws, constitutions, ceremonies, etc., establish, νόμους, τελετάς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολιτείαν, δημοκρατίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, set in order, arrange, πολιτείαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also in middle, τοῦτο βουλευτήριον φρούρημα γῆς καθίσταμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἐμὲ τὸ πρᾶγμα καταστήσασθαι settle it with me, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.II.3 bring into a certain state, τινὰ ἐς ἀπόνοιαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνας εἰς ἀγῶνα καθέστακ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἑαυτὸν ἐς κρίσιν present himself for trial, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τινὰ εἰς τοὺς ἀρχικούς reckon him as one of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.4 with double accusative, make, render so and so, ψευδῆ γ᾽ ἐμαυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ πιστὸν ὑμᾶς ἀπιστοτέρους κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τι φανερόν, σαφές, [Refs]; τινὸς ἐπίπονον τὸν βίον κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, κλαίοντα καθιστάναι τινά bring one to tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, κ. τινὰ φεύγειν make him fly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἀνάγκη τὴν ναυμαχίαν πεζομαχίαν καθίστασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.5 middle, get for oneself, τὴν ζόην καταστήσασθαι ἀπ᾽ ἔργων ἀνοσιωτάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.6 make, in periphrases, πάννυχοι.. διάπλοον καθίστασαν [Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle, κρυφαῖον ἔκπλουν οὐδαμῇ καθίστατο[Refs]
__B intransitive in aorist 2, perfect καθέστηκα, and pluperfect of active (also future καθεστήξω [Refs 5th c.BC+]middle (except aorist 1) and passive: perfect καθέσταμαι[LXX+2nd c.BC+]:—to be set, set oneself down, settle, ἐς [Αἴγιναν] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ὀδύναι] καθίσταντο ἐς ὑπογάστριον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of joints, ἐξίσταται ἀνωδύνως καὶ κ. goes out of joint and in again, [Refs]; κ. ἐς Ῥήγιον to make R. a base of operations, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, to be come to a place, ὅποι καθέσταμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.b come before another, stand in his presence, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (unless it be taken in signification [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 to be set as guard, ὑπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be appointed, δεσπότης.. καθέστηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. Χορηγὸς εἰς Θαργήλια, στρατηγός, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δικτάτωρ.. καθε[στάμενος τὸ τέταρτον], = Latin dictator designatus quartum, of Caesar, [Refs]
__B.3 deposit a sediment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.4 also, stand or become quiet or calm, of water, ὅταν ἡ λίμνη καταστῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θάλασσα γαληνὴ καὶ κ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; πνεῦμα λεῖον καὶ καθεστηκός calm and settled, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ θόρυβος κατέστη subsided, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of laughter, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a swelling, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of persons, καταστάς composedly, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; [ἡ ψυχὴ] καθίσταται καὶ ἠρεμίζεται [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁρῶμεν [τοὺς ἐνθουσιαστικοὺς].. καθισταμένους [Refs 1st c.BC+]; καθεστῶτι προσώπῳ with composed, calm countenance, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τίς ἂν καθεστηκὼς φήσαι; what person of mature judgement would say.. ? [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἡ καθεστηκυῖα ἡλικία middle age, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡλικία μέση καὶ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ καθεστηκότες those of middle age, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also, with metaphor from wine, mellow, of persons, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.5 come into a certain state, become, and in perfect and pluperfect, to have become, be, ἀντὶ φίλου πολέμιόν τινι κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς τὸ αὐτό they recover, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς δέος, λύπην, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ὁμόνοιαν, εἰς πολλὴν ἀθυμίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταστῆναι ἐς συνήθειάν τινος τὴν πόλιν ποιεῖν make the city become accustomed to it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]had been, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνι τρόπῳ καθέστατ; in what case are ye? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φονέα με φησὶ.. καθεστάναι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν οἵῳ τρόπῳ [ἡ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἀρχὴ] κατέστη how it came into being, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀρξάμενος εὐθὺς καθισταμένου (i.e. τοῦ πολέμου) from its first commencement, [Refs]
__B.6 to be established or instituted, prevail, καί σφι μαντήϊον Διὸς κατέστηκε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅδε σφι νόμος κατεστήκεε[Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, θεὸν Ἀμφιάραον πρώτοις Ὠρωπίοις κατέστη νομίζειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect participle, existing, established, prevailing, τὸν νῦν κατεστεῶτα κόσμον[Refs]; τοὺς κατεστεῶτας τριηκοσίους the regular[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ καθεστῶτα the present state of life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, existing laws, usages, τὰ τότε κ., τά ποτε κ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.7 of purchases, cost, πλέον ἢ ὅσου ἐμοὶ κατέστησαν more than they stood me in, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.8 stand against, oppose, πρός τινα uncertain reading in [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, Τιτήνεσσι κατέσταθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C aorist 1 middle and sometimes present middle are used in transitive sense, see above [Refs 4th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Jer.1.10 ☩ LXX.1Kgs.8.5 ☩ LXX.Num.3.32}