Consist
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"to be," is rendered "consist" (lit., "is") in Luke 12:15 .
sun, "with," histemi, "to stand," denotes, in its intransitive sense, "to stand with or fall together, to be constituted, to be compact;" it is said of the universe as upheld by the Lord, Colossians 1:17 , lit., "by Him all things stand together," i.e., "consist" (the Latin consisto, "to stand together," is the exact equivalent of sunistemi). See Approve , Commend , Make , Stand.
King James Dictionary [2]
Consist, L to stand.
1. To stand together to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection. Hence, to be to exist to subsist to be supported and maintained.
He was before all things, and by him all things consist. Colossians 1 .
2. To stand or be to lie to be contained followed by in.
The beauty of epistolary writing consists in case and freedom.
3. To be composed followed by of.
A landscape should consist of a variety of scenery.
To consist together, to coexist to have being concurrently.
Necessity and election cannot consist together in the same act.
To consist with, to agree to be in accordance with to be compatible.
Health consists with temperance alone.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): (v. i.) To be composed or made up; - followed by of.
(2): (v. i.) To have as its substance or character, or as its foundation; to be; - followed by in.
(3): (v. i.) To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained.
(4): (v. i.) To be consistent or harmonious; to be in accordance; - formerly used absolutely, now followed by with.
(5): (v. i.) To insist; - followed by on.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
kon - sist ´ (συνίστημι , sunı́stēmi ): To stand together, exist, subsist ( Colossians 1:17 , "in him all things consist," i.e. the continuance of the universe is dependent upon His support and administration). In Luke 12:15 , it translates the verb εἰμί , eimı́ , "to be," to express the thought that wealth is only an accident, not an essential to the highest ideal of life.
