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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 2139. εὐπερίστατος (euperistatos) -- Easily entangling, easily ensnaring</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2139.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/luke/5-5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/2139.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 2139</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/2138b.htm" title="2138b">◄</a> 2139. euperistatos <a href="../greek/2140.htm" title="2140">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">euperistatos: Easily entangling, easily ensnaring</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">εὐπερίστατος</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Adjective<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>euperistatos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>yoo-per-is'-tat-os<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(yoo-per-is'-tat-os)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Easily entangling, easily ensnaring<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>easily surrounding, encircling, easily distracted.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek prefix εὖ (eu, meaning "well" or "easily") and a derivative of περίστασις (peristasis, meaning "a surrounding" or "a circumstance").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "euperistatos," the concept of sin as something that ensnares or entangles is present in the Old Testament. For example, the Hebrew word "פַּח" (pach, Strong's Hebrew 6341), meaning "snare" or "trap," is used in similar contexts (e.g., Psalm 91:3).<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "euperistatos" is used to describe something that easily surrounds or entangles, often in a negative sense. In the context of the New Testament, it is used metaphorically to describe sin as something that can easily ensnare or entangle a believer, hindering their spiritual progress.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of being ensnared or entangled was often used in philosophical and moral discussions to describe the challenges and obstacles that could impede a person's pursuit of virtue or wisdom. The imagery of being surrounded or ensnared would have been familiar to early Christians, who lived in a culture that valued moral and ethical living but also faced many temptations and pressures from the surrounding society.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>2139</b> <i>euperístatos</i> (from <a href="/greek/2095.htm">2095</a> <i>/eú</i>, "well"; <a href="/greek/4012.htm">4012</a> <i>/perí</i>, "all-around"; and <a href="/greek/2476.htm">2476</a> <i>/hístēmi</i>, "stand") – properly, well-planted all-around, describing what is encompassing (encircling), i.e. surrounding, "wholly around"; (figuratively) a serious hindrance that "<i>encircles</i>" (hampers) someone who desperately needs to advance.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/2095.htm">eu</a> and <a href="/greek/4026.htm">periistémi</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>easily encircling<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>easily entangles (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2139: εὐπερίστατος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">εὐπερίστατος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">εὐπερίστατον</span> (from <span class="greek2">εὖ</span> and <span class="greek2">περιστημι</span>), <span class="accented">skilfully surrounding</span> i. e. <span class="accented">besetting,</span> namely, to prevent or retard running: <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12-1.htm">Hebrews 12:1</a> (some passively (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Isocrates</span> 135 e.), <span class="accented">well or much admired</span> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">R. V.</span> marginal reading)). (Not found elsewhere.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>easily ensnaring or entangling<p>From <a href="/greek/2095.htm">eu</a> and a derivative of a presumed compound of <a href="/greek/4012.htm">peri</a> and <a href="/greek/2476.htm">histemi</a>; well standing around, i.e. (a competitor) thwarting (a racer) in every direction (figuratively, of sin in genitive case) -- which doth so easily beset. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2095.htm">eu</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4012.htm">peri</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2476.htm">histemi</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>ευπεριστατον ευπερίστατον εὐπερίστατον euperistaton euperístaton<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/hebrews/12-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 12:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular">Adj-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ τὴν <b>εὐπερίστατον</b> ἁμαρτίαν δι'</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and the sin <span class="itali">which so easily entangles</span> us, and let us run<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the sin <span class="itali">which doth so easily beset</span> [us], and let us run<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">easily entangling</span> sin with<p><b><a href="/greek/2139.htm">Strong's Greek 2139</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2139.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/euperistaton_2139.htm">εὐπερίστατον — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2138b.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2138b"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2138b" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2140.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2140"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2140" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>