4291 - proistemi

Strong's Concordance

Original word: προΐστημι
Transliteration: proistemi
Definition (short): maintain
Definition (full): early

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From pro and histemi; to stand before, i.e. (in rank) to preside, or (by implication) to practise -- maintain, be over, rule.

see GREEK pro

see GREEK histemi

KJV: Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
NASB: or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
KJV: And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
NASB: But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction,
KJV: One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
NASB: He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity
KJV: (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
NASB: (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),
KJV: Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
NASB: Deacons must be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households.