ἐστηρίσθαι

στηρίζω

make fast: perf inf mp

στηρίζω

make fast: perf inf mp

στηρίζω, E.Hipp. 1207, etc.: [tense] fut.

A

- ίξω Hp.Morb.4.52

(v.l.), 1 Ep.Pet.5.10,

- ίσω LXX Si.38.34

, Je.17.5, - ιῶ ib.Si.6.37, Je.24.6: [tense] aor.

ἐστήριξα Il.4.443

, [dialect] Ep.

στήριξα Hes.Th. 498

; inf.

στηρίξαι Od.12.434

, Gal.19.192, PSI5.452.3 (iv A.D.); part.

στηρίξας Sor.2.57

; opt.

στηρίξειεν Th.2.49

;

ἐστήρισα LXX Ge.27.37

, App.BC1.98; imper.

στηρισάτω AP14.72

:—[voice] Med., [tense] aor.

ἐστηριξάμην Il.21.242

, Hp.Fract. 11, etc. (v. infr.); later

- ισάμην LXX Is.59.16

, Plu.Eum.11: [tense] fut.

στηρίξομαι Philostr.VA5.35

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

στηριχθήσομαι Gal.UP9.16

: [tense] aor.

ἐστηρίχθην Tyrt.11.22

, Hp.VC3, Gal.15.126: [tense] pf.

ἐστήριγμαι Hes.Th. 779

, Hp.Morb.3.3, etc.; inf.

ἐστηρίσθαι LXX 1 Ki. 26.19

: [tense] plpf.

ἐστήρικτο Il.16.111

, Hes.Sc. 218, etc. (Cf. στῆριγξ, σκηρίπτομαι):—make fast, prop, fix, [ἴριδας] ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε sets rainbows in the cloud, Il.11.28; οὐρανῷ ἐστήριξε κάρη, of Eris, 4.443; στηρίζειν αὐτὸ αὑτό φησι τὸ ἄπειρον (sc. Anaxagoras) Arist.Ph. 205b2, cf. Sor.2.61;

σ. σήματ' ἐν οὐρανῷ Arat.10

; so prob., [λίθον] Ζεὺς στήριξε κατὰ χθονός he set the stone fast in the ground, Hes. Th. 498;

βάσιν ἐστήριξαν Nic.Fr.74.49

;

λίθον διορίζοντα ὅρους.. στηριχθῆναι ἐκέλευσαν OGI769

(Palestine, iii/iv A.D.).

2 support,

σίτῳ τινά LXX Ge.27.37

; feed up a patient, Gal.19.192;

σ. τὴν δύναμιν εὐστομάχοις τροφαῖς Id.18(2).34

, cf. Aret.CA1.1: metaph., confirm, establish,

τὴν ἀρχήν App.BC1.98

;

τοὺς ἀδελφούς Ev.Luc.22.32

, cf. 2 Ep.Thess.2.17, 1 Ep.Pet.5.10; corroborate, Sor.2.57.

3 [voice] Med., ground, establish for oneself,

κόσμον ἑαῖς στηρίξατο βουλαῖς Orph. Fr. 299

;

πόδα ἐπὶ γαίης AP14.72

; πόντος στηρίξατο κῦμα νήνεμον settled its wave into a calm, ib.9.271 (Apollonid.).

B [voice] Pass. and [voice] Med., to be firmly set or fixed, stand fast, οὐδὲ πόδεσσιν εἶχε στηρίξασθαι he could not get a firm footing, Il.21.242, cf. Plu.Eum.11;

οὐδαμῇ ἐστήρικτο Hes.Sc. 218

; [δώματα] κίοσιν ἀργυρέοισι πρὸς οὐρανὸν ἐστήρικται the house is lifted up to heaven on pillars, Id.Th. 779;

ὀρθὴ δ' ἐς ὀρθὸν αἰθέρ' ἐστηρίζετο E.Ba. 1073

;

στηριχθεὶς ἐπὶ γῆς Tyrt.11.22

;

πρὸς τῇ γῇ Arist.Mete. 376b23

(s.v.l.); ὅσοι ἐστηρίξαντο τῇ πτέρνῃ ἰσχυρῶς πηδήσαντες light heavily on it, Hp. Fract.11, cf. Art.86; ὕβον, ἐφ' οὗ ἐστήρικται τὸ ἄλλο σῶμα is steadied, Arist.HA 499a17; ἐστηριγμένα [ἔχειν] τὰ σπλάγχνα supported, opp. κρεμάμενα, Gal.15.570; ἄμπελος κάμακι ς. AP7.731 (Leon.);

Ἀσκληπιὸν -ιζόμενον βάκτρῳ IG42(1).88.9

(Epid., ii A.D.); of the fixed stars, Arat.230, 274, etc.; opp. ἀκοντίζεσθαι, Arist.Mu. 395b4;

λίθος ἐστήρικται Call.Ap.23

; χάσμα μέγα ἐστ. Ev.Luc.16.26; of places, merely to be situated, D.P.204.

2 metaph., κακὸν κακῷ ἐστήρικτο evil was set upon evil, Il.16.111; τί τοι χόλος ἐστήρικται; A.R.4.816; δέκατος μεὶς οὐρανῷ ἐστήρικτο the tenth month was set in heaven, h.Merc.11; of a person, ὅπου.. στηρίζει ποτέ wheresoever thou art tarrying, art settled, S.Aj. 194 (lyr.); ὅροι ἐστηριγμένοι fixed principles, Hero *Geom.3.25; ἀνάγκη στηριχθῆναι τὸ ν ¯ must be firmly pronounced, D.H.Comp.22.

3 of diseases,= infr. 11.2,

μέχρις ἂν [οἱ νοσοποιοὶ χυμοὶ] ἔν τινι τῶν ἀσθενεστέρων στηριχθῶσιν Gal.15.126

, cf. 789,855, Aret.SA1.5.

II [voice] Act. intr. in same sense,

οὐδέ πῃ εἶχον.. στηρίξαι ποσὶν ἔμπεδον.. Od.12.434

; κῦμ' οὐρανῷ στηρίζον a wave rising up to heaven, E.Hipp. 1207: metaph.,

οὐρανῷ στηρίζον.. κλέος Id.Ba. 972

; πρὸς οὐρανὸν καὶ γαῖαν ἐστήριξε φῶς ib. 1083, cf. Plu.Sull.6.

2 of diseases, fix, settle, determine to a particular part, ὁπότε εἰς τὴν καρδίαν στηρίξειεν (sc. ἡ νόσος) Th.2.49;

ἐνταῦθα σ. ἡ νοῦσος Hp.Aph.4.33

;

εἰ.. ἐς τὸ ὀστέον στηρίξειε τὸ βέλος Id.VC12

; cf.

στήριξις 2

.

3 of planetary phases, pause, stand still, Gem.12.23, Plu.2.76d, Theo Sm.p.147 H., Ptol. Tetr.75, Vett.Val.183.1, Paul.Al.G.2.

4 metaph., ἐπὶ δόγματος ς. hold fast to an opinion, D.L.2.136.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to support, to establish, to attach; to found, to stand up, to lean on' (Democr., E. a.o.)

Other forms: Aor. - ίξαι, - ίξασθαι (Il.), also - ίσαι, - ίσασθαι (hell. a. late), pass. - ιχθῆναι (Tyrt. etc.), fut. - ίξω, - ίξομαι, - ίσω, - ιῶ, pass. - ιχθήσομαι, perf. midd. ἐστήριγμαι, plusq. ἐστήρικτο (Il.), inf. ἐστηρίσθαι (LXX), act. ἐστήριχα (pap.),

Compounds: Often w. prefix, e.g. ἀντι-, ἀπο-, ἐν-, ἐπι-.

Derivatives: 1. backformation στῆριγξ, - ιγγος f. `support' (Lys., X., D.S. a.o.), like σάλπιγξ (:- ίζω), στρόφιγξ, πλάστιγξ a.o. (cf. below). 2. ( ἀντι-, ἀπο-, ἐπι-, ὑπο-) στήριγμα n. `support' (Hp., E. etc.), - ιγμός ( ἀντι- στηρίζω) m. `the supporting, the standing firm, still' (Arist., D.H., D.S. a.o.). 4. - ιξις ( ἀπο- στηρίζω) `establishment, support' (Hp.). 4. - ικτής m. `support' (sch.). 5. - ικτικός `standing firm, still' (Procl.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Old secondary formation from an unknown basis. As στῆριγξ is clearly a backformation, the only possibility seems στῆρα τὰ λίθινα πρόθυρα H., what is however because of its very specific meaning not very evident; cf. also the PN Στῆρις (Miletus; Bechtel KZ 46, 375). Of old (s. Curtius 213) connected with στερεός a. cogn. ; but the details remain unclear. Cf. σκηρίπτομαι.

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στηρίζω (Hom.+; also OGI 612, 8; 769, 11; InsGolanHeights no. 11* line 11; PSI 452, 3) fut. στηρίξω (beside στηρίσω—B-D-F §71; W-S. §13, 4; Mlt-H. 259; Rob. 1219—and στηριῶ [s. Ezk 14:8; Sir 6:37]); 1 aor. ἐστήριξα (t.r.) and ἐστήρισα (B-D-F §71; W-S. § 13, 4; Mlt-H.; and Rob. as above). Pass.: fut. 3 sg. στηριχθήσεται Sir 15:4 and στηρισθήσεται Sir 15:4 v.l.; 1 aor. ἐστηρίχθην; perf. ἐστήριγμαι, inf. ἐστηρίχθαι (LXX, Just.) and ἐστηρίσθαι 1 Km 26:19.

① to fix firmly in a place, set up, establish, support, lit. τὶ someth. τοὺς οὐρανούς 1 Cl 33:3 (στ. of the creation of the world: Arat., Phaen. 10; Orphica, Fgm. 170, 3; Mel.; s. Hippol, Ref. 6, 32, 2 [w. μορφόω]). Pass., of a city be well established Ox 1, 17–18 (GTh 32). Of a chasm ἐστήρικται has been fixed Lk 16:26 (cp. Gen 28:12 κλίμαξ ἐστηριγμένη; En 24:2; ParJer 9:17 τὸ δένδρον τὸ στηριχθέν).

② to cause to be inwardly firm or committed, confirm, establish, strengthen fig. ext. of 1 (Apollon. Rhod. 4, 816 hatred; Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 98 τὴν ἀρχήν; Ps 50:14; Sir 3:9; 1 Macc 14:14) w. acc. οὐ τὰ ἑστῶτα στηρίζειν ἀλλὰ τὰ πίπτοντα 2 Cl 2:6 (s. Sir 13:21).—Lk 22:32; Ac 18:23; Ro 16:25; 1 Th 3:2; 2 Th 3:3; 1 Pt 5:10; Rv 3:2. Pass. (Iren. 1, 2, 4 [Harv. I 19, 1]) Ro 1:11. τὴν καρδίαν τινός (Judg 19:5, 8; Sir 6:37; 22:16) Js 5:8; w. a second acc. στ. ὑμῶν τὰς καρδίας ἀμέμπτους 1 Th 3:13 (s. Rtzst., Erlösungsmyst. 147, 3). τινὰ ἔν τινι someone in someth. 2 Th 2:17; IPhld ins. Pass. 2 Pt 1:12. τινά τινι strengthen someone w. someth. 1 Cl 18:12 (Ps 50:14). τινὶ στ. ἑαυτὸν εἴς τι strengthen oneself w. someth. in order to do someth. 13:3; στ. τινί establish (someth.) by someth. 8:5. ἐὰν ἐστηριγμένη ᾖ ἡ διάνοια ἡμῶν πιστῶς πρὸς τὸν θεόν if our mind is firmly fixed on God in faith 35:5. ἐγὼ ὑπὸ κίνδυνον, ὑμεῖς ἐστηριγμένοι I am in danger, you are secure IEph 12:1.—In a related sense, but with more evident retention of the imagery of someth. that is fixed, to be determined to accomplish an objective, resolve: Hebraistically στηρίζειν τὸ πρόσωπον set one’s face (Ezk 6:2; 13:17; 14:8; 15:7) to denote firmness of purpose (s. Jer 21:10; cp. our ‘set one’s jaw’) foll. by gen. of inf. w. art. (B-D-F §400, 7; Rob. 1068) Lk 9:51 (s. πρόσωπον 1b and on 9:51–19:27 HConzelmann, The Theology of St. Luke, tr. GBuswell, ’60, esp. 60–73).—DELG. M-M. TW. Spicq.