UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to present (oneself), to cause to be

Semantic entry: 85.14

Semantic domains: Existence in Space

Subdomains: Be in a Place

Definition: to cause to be in a place

Sense 2: to cause to be, to cause to serve as, to make something be

Semantic entry: 13.11

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: State

Definition: to cause something to be or to serve as

Sense 3: to cause to exist, to provide, to raise up

Semantic entry: 13.83

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Exist

Definition: to cause to come into existence

Sense 4: to make available, to provide, to present to

Semantic entry: 57.81

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Give

Definition: to make something available to someone without necessarily involving actual change of ownership

Sense 5: to hand over, to turn over to, to betray

Semantic entry: 37.111

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Hand Over, Betray

Definition: to deliver a person into the control of someone else, involving either the handing over of a presumably guilty person for punishment by authorities or the handing over of an individual to an enemy who will presumably take undue advantage of the victim

Notes: As is the case in English, a number of languages make a clear distinction between legitimate handing over of a presumably guilty person to a civil authority and the betrayal of a person in the in-group to someone in the out-group.

Sense 6: to show to be true, to present evidence of truth, to prove

Semantic entry: 72.4

Semantic domains: True, False

Subdomains: True, False

Definition: to establish evidence to show that something is true

Sense 7: to stand near

Semantic entry: 17.3

Semantic domains: Stances and Events Related to Stances

Subdomains: Stand

Definition: to stand near or alongside of someone, either with friendly or hostile intent

Notes: To indicate merely that the kings of the earth were present may not be sufficient to communicate satisfactorily the hostile intent implied by the context of RV ACT 4:26 · LV ACT 4:26 · Read together ACT 4:26. It may therefore be important to translate ‘the kings of earth prepared themselves’ or even ‘the kings of earth armed themselves.’

Forms: παρίσταμαι[a]

Sense 8: to be near, to be at, to be nearby

Semantic entry: 85.13

Semantic domains: Existence in Space

Subdomains: Be in a Place

Definition: to be in proximity to something

Forms: παρίσταμαι[b]

Sense 9: to be in front of, to stand before

Semantic entry: 85.18

Semantic domains: Existence in Space

Subdomains: Be in a Place

Definition: to be in front of something, presumably facing it

Notes: The actual body stance in translating παρίστημι[i] is not crucial to the meaning; the focus in RV ACT 27:24 · LV ACT 27:24 · Read together ACT 27:24 is simply upon the position in front of the emperor.

Forms: παρίσταμαι[c]

Sense 10: to take place, to be, to occur

Semantic entry: 67.64

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After

Definition: to occur at a particular or expected time

Forms: παρίσταμαι[d]

Sense 11: to come, to arrive, to come to be present

Semantic entry: 15.86

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Come, Come To, Arrive

Definition: to come to be present at a particular place

Forms: παρίσταμαι[e]

Sense 12: to help

Semantic entry: 35.1

Semantic domains: Help, Care For

Subdomains: Help

Definition: to assist in supplying what may be needed{N:003}

Forms: παρίσταμαι[f]