ἐπίσταμαι

ἐπίσταμαι pass. dep.; impf. ἠπιστάμην Dg 8:1 (s. ἐπιστήμη; Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, pseudepigr., Philo, Joseph.; Just.; Mel., HE 4, 26, 13).

① to gain a firm mental grasp of someth., understand τὶ someth. (X., Symp. 3, 6; Wsd 8:8; Just., A I, 60, 11) μηδὲν ἐπιστάμενος without understanding anything 1 Ti 6:4. Abs. (w. οἶδα) w. relative clause foll. σὺ τί λέγεις Mk 14:68.

② to acquire information about someth., know, be acquainted with τινά (Aristoph., Eq. 1278 Ἀρίγνωτον; Musonius 3 p. 12, 5H.; Plut., Cic. 883 [44, 5]; Lucian, Dial. Mort. 9, 3; PGM 13, 844; Wsd 15:3; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 175; Just., A I, 63, 15) τὸν Παῦλον Ac 19:15. τὸν θεόν PtK 2 p. 14, 11. τὶ someth. (Hom., Hdt. et al., also Lucian, D. Deor. 25, 2; PRyl 243, 6; Num 32:11; 1 Esdr 8:23 al.; PsSol 14:8; ApcSed 8:11; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 15; Just., A I, 58, 2; 60, 5 al.; Mel., HE 4, 26, 13) Jd 10. πολλά B 1:4. τὸ βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου Ac 18:25. τὸ τῆς αὔριον what will happen tomorrow Js 4:14. τὰς γραφάς 1 Cl 53:1 (cp. Just., D. 70, 5 τὰ γράμματα τῶν γραφῶν). περί τινος know about someth. (Thu. 6, 60, 1; Pla., Euthyphr. 4e) ἐπίσταται περὶ τούτων ὁ βασιλεύς the king knows about this Ac 26:26. W. ὅτι foll. (X., An. 1, 4, 8 al.; Ex 4:14; Tob 11:7; TestSol 5:11; TestJob 12:3; Just., A I, 26, 7 al.) Ac 15:7; 19:25; 22:19; 1 Cl 45:3. Also ὡς (Soph., Aj. 1370; X., Cyr. 2, 3, 22) Ac 10:28. W. indir. quest. foll.: πῶς ἐγενόμην 20:18 (cp. PTebt 408, 3 [3 A.D.] ἐπιστάμενος πῶς σε φιλῶ; Just., A I, 21, 2 πόσους … υἰοὺς φάσκουσι τοῦ Διός=[you know] how many … claim to be sons of Zeus) ποῦ ἔρχεται Hb 11:8. πῶς νοήσω αὐτόν Hm 6, 2, 5. W. acc. and ptc. (X., An. 6, 6, 17; Jos., Vi. 142; Just., D. 49, 1 and 3 al.) ὄντα σε κριτήν that you have been a judge Ac 24:10. πολλοὺς παραδεδωκότας ἑαυτούς 1 Cl 55:2. W. inf. (Just., A I, 68, 3 ἐπίστασθαι δίκαια ἀξιοῦν; w. acc. and inf. Just., A I, 5, 2 μὴ ἐπιστάμενοι δαίμονας εἶναι φαῦλους=not knowing that [the gods they fear] are in fact bad spirits) 1 Th 5:3 v.l. (s. ἐφίστημι).—B. 1210. DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.