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The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament is considered by many to be the best New Testament dictionary ever compiled. It contains 2300 entries which cover the spectrum of biblical topics from “A to Z.” The one-volume abridgment of the 10-vol. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, keeps most if not all of the information that pastors and laypeople can use, leaving out the technical...

stḗkō. This verb is a Hellenistic construct from the perfect of hístēmi and forms a substitute for it. It is rare in the LXX but occurs for “to stand still” in Ex. 14:13 and “to stand” in Judg. 16:26 and 1 Kgs. 8:11. In the NT we find it in Mk. 3:31 (Jesus’ relatives standing outside), Jn. 1:26 (John’s witness to one standing among them), Rev. 12:4 (the dragon standing before the woman), and Mk. 11:25 (standing before God in prayer). But the main use is in