Consist

"to be," is rendered "consist" (lit., "is") in Luk 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, Col 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.