Consist - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Consist

[ 1,,G1510, eimi ]
to be," is rendered "consist" (lit., "is") in Luke 12:15.

[ 2,,G4921, sunistemi ]
sun, "with," histemi, "to stand," denotes, in its intransitive sense, "to stand with or fall together, to be constituted, to be compact;" it is said of the universe as upheld by the Lord, Colossians 1:17, lit., "by Him all things stand together," i.e., "consist" (the Latin consisto, "to stand together," is the exact equivalent of sunistemi). See APPROVE, COMMEND, MAKE, STAND.

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