ἐπιστηρίζωepistērízō
GreekG19914 occurrences (KJV)
to support further, i.e. reestablish
KJV renders it: confirm, strengthen
Where it appears
- Acts 14:22confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.
- Acts 15:32Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words, and strengthened them.
- Acts 15:41He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the assemblies.
- Acts 18:23Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.