στήκω

sthvkw sthvkw; (an inferior Greek word, derived from
e{sthka, perfect of
i{sthmi; see Buttmann, 48 (41); (Winer's Grammar, 24, 26 (25); WH. Appendix, p. 169; Veitch, under the word (
eJsthvkw; Mullach, under the word
stevkw (p. 299))); to stand: Mark (3:31 T Tr WH); ((cf.
o{tan c.
b.)); L marginal reading T Tr text WH; ( WH (but see below)); with an emphasis, to stand firm; tropically, to persist, persevere (A. V. stand fast): absolutely to persevere in godliness and rectitude, ;
ejn
kurivw/, in one's fellowship with the Lord, ; ((cf.
ejavn, I. 2 b.));
ejn
th'/
pivstei, ;
ejn
eJniv
pneuvmati, ; to keep one's standing (opposed to
zugw'/
ejnevcomai),
th'/
ejleuqeriva, maintain your allegiance to freedom (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 31, 1 k.; Buttmann, sec. 133, 12; but L T Tr WH take
sthvkete here absolutely; cf. Lightfoot ad loc.), ; to stand erect, tropically, not to sin (opposed to
pivptein equivalent to to sin),
tw'/
kurivw/, dative commodi (Winer's Grammar, as above), . (In (
ejn
th'/
ajlhvqeia
oujk
e[sthken) WH read the imperfect
e[sthken (where others adopt
e{sthken from
i{sthmi), owing to the preceding
oujk (T WH after manuscripts a B* D L etc.); see Westcott's Commentary on John, the passage cited `Additional Note'; WH, Introduction, sec. 407. But such an imperfect is nowhere else found (yet cf. WH), and respecting confusion in the ancient use of the breathings, and the interchange of
oujk and
ojc, see
ouj at the beginning and references there, especially Tdf. Proleg., p. 90; moreover, the familiar perfect (present) of
i{sthmi thoroughly suits the context; see
i{sthmi, II. 2 d.) ((The Septuagint, , Alexandrian LXX, Complutensian LXX; ); Alexandrian LXX; Aphr. probl. 1, 49 vat.; ecclesiastical writings.)*