Definition

to stand upon, i.e. be present (in various applications, friendly or otherwise, usually literal);

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G2476 (ἵστημι);

Where the KJV renders it

• --assault
• come (in
• to
• unto
• upon)
• be at hand (instant)
• present
• stand (before
• by
• over)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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