προΐστημι G4291
To lead, manage, or preside over; to direct affairs with care and diligence.
A compound verb meaning literally 'to stand before,' proistemi carries the dual force of leading and caring. Paul uses it for church elders who 'preside' over the community (1 Thess 5:12; 1 Tim 5:17) and for household management as a qualification for overseers (1 Tim 3:4-5, 12). In Romans 12:8, it appears among spiritual gifts — the one who leads should do so with diligence. The Pastoral Epistles especially develop the parallel between governing a household well and governing God's church, making this verb a cornerstone of NT leadership vocabulary.
Senses
1. lead/manage/preside over — To stand before others in a position of authority, managing, directing, or presiding over them with attentive care. Spanish 'presidiendo' and French 'presider' capture the formal governance aspect, while 'mantenerse' and German 'vorstehen' (to stand before) reflect the original spatial metaphor. Paul treats household management as the proving ground for ecclesial leadership: 'If someone does not know how to manage (proistemi) his own household, how will he care for God's church?' (1 Tim 3:5). In Rom 12:8, the participial form places leading alongside mercy and giving as a gift exercised 'with diligence.' 8×
AR["أَن-يَتَقَدَّموا", "أَنْ-يُدَبِّرَ", "المُدَبِّرونَ", "المُدَبِّرينَ", "الْمُدَبِّرُ", "يُدَبِّرونَ", "يُدَبِّرُ"]·ben["নেতা,", "নেতৃত্ব-দিতে", "নেতৃত্বকারী", "নেতৃত্বদানকারীদের", "পরিচালনা-করতে", "পরিচালনাকারী", "পরিচালনাকারী,"]·DE["vorstehen"]·EN["having-led", "leading", "managing", "to-lead", "to-manage"]·FR["présider", "vorstehen"]·heb["לַ-עֲמֹד", "לַ-עֲמֹד-בְּ-רֹאשׁ", "מַנְהִיג", "מַנְהִיגִים", "עוֹמְדִים", "עוֹמְדִים-בְּרֹאשׁ"]·HI["अअगे-रेहने-वअलोन", "अगुवाई-करने-वाला", "के-लिये-अअगे-रहनेवले,", "प्रबनधन-करन", "प्रबनधन-करने-वअल", "प्रबनधन-करने-वअले"]·ID["memimpin", "memimpin-dalam,", "yang-memimpin"]·IT["presiedere"]·jav["mimpin", "mimpin,"]·KO["다스리기를", "다스리는", "다스리는,", "다스리는-자들로", "서도록", "인도하는", "인도하는-자는"]·PT["governando", "governar", "presidindo,", "que-presidem", "se-dedicarem,"]·RU["в-", "предстоятельствующие", "предстоять", "предстоящих", "управлять", "управляющие", "управляющим"]·ES["mantenerse", "ocuparse", "presidiendo", "presidir", "que-preside", "que-presiden"]·SW["anayeisimamia", "anayeongoza,", "kuongoza", "kusimamia", "wanaoongoza", "wanaosimamia", "wanaowaongoza"]·TR["yöneten", "yönetmeyi", "öncülük-etmeye,", "öncülük-etmeyi,", "önderlik-eden", "önderlik-edenleri"]·urd["آگے-کھڑے-والوں", "اگوائی-کرنے-والا", "لگے-رہنا", "لگے-رہنے-کے", "نگرانی-کرنا", "نگرانی-کرنے-والا", "نگرانی-کرنے-والے"]
Related Senses
G2962 1. Lord (divine title) (661×)H0136 1. Lord (divine title) (440×)H0113 1. lord, human superior (249×)G1849 1. authority, power (91×)H6485a 2. Qal: punish, bring judgment (63×)H8198 1. maidservant, female slave (63×)G2962 2. master, lord (human authority) (61×)H0034 1. needy, poor, destitute (61×)H0519 1. female servant, maidservant (56×)H6041 1. poor, needy person (55×)H0113 2. master, owner of servants (49×)H4910 1. Qal: to have dominion, exercise power over (44×)H1800 1. poor, needy (socioeconomic) (38×)H3515 1. heavy, severe, grievous (36×)G4434 1. (34×)G5092 1. honor, esteem, respect (33×)H6485a 4. Qal: visit, attend to, care for (32×)H3513 1. honor / show respect (Piel) (30×)H4910 2. Qal: to rule, govern (administrative authority) (27×)H4513 1. withhold, restrain, hold back (25×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
προΐστημι, future -στήσω: aorist 1 προὔστησα, participle προστήσας, infinitive προστῆσαι. Causal in these tenses, as also in present and aorist 1 middle, set before, once in Refs 8th c.BC+ put his body in the way, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 set over, ὃν ἡ πόλις ἀξιοῖ αὑτῆς προϊστάναι, variant for{-εστάναι}, Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 exhibit publicly, prostitute, π. ἐπ᾽ οἰκημάτων Refs 1st c.AD+ __II middle,…