προ-ΐστημι
[in LXX: 2Ki.13:17, Pro.23:5 26:17, Isa.43:24, Amo.6:10 (no proper Heb. equiv.), Dan LXX Bel 1:7, 1Ma.5:19, 4Ma.11:27 * ;]
__1. trans. in fut., 1 aor., and mid. 1 aor., to put before, set over (Plat., al.).
__2. Intrans., in pf., plpf., 2 aor. and mid. Pres. and impf.;
__(a) to preside, rule, govern: Rom.12:8, 1Ti.5:17; with genitive, 1Th.5:12, 1Ti.3:4-5 3:12;
__(b) to direct, maintain: with genitive of thing(s), καλῶν ἔργων, Tit.3:8, 14 (on R, mg., profess honest occupations, see CGT, in l; Field, Notes, 223 f.).†
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