Definition

to set together, i.e. (by implication) to introduce (favorably), or (figuratively) to exhibit; intransitively, to stand near, or (figuratively) to constitute

Etymology

from G4862 (σύν) and G2476 (ἵστημι) (including its collateral forms);

Word family

• σύν sýn
• ἵστημι hístēmi

How the KJV renders it

• approve
• commend
• consist
• make
• stand (with)

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.