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==How to use Strong's Numbers—an example==
Luke 24:4 states, "two men stood by them". The obvious reading of the English is that the men were standing, that is, that the ordinary Greek verb "to stand" is used. That can be checked using Strong's Numbers, with a surprising result. Incidentally, the four accounts of the discovery of the Saviour's resurrection are discussed at the wikiChristian page "Resurrection of Jesus - Wenham's harmony of the four accounts of the first Easter Sunday".
Step (1): Googling "Lk 24:4 Strong" gives a page of the BibleHub website, and hovering on the phrase "stood by" gives the number 2186.
Step (2):-
Googling "Strong's Greek 2186 Biblestudytools" gives the information that, in the King James Version, 2186 is translated "to stand" 6 times but "to come", instead, 10 times (excluding miscellaneous items). Likewise, in the New American Standard version, "to stand" is used only 6 times out of 21.
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{| border="1"
! colspan="2" | 2186—KJV Word Usage
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Translation
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Count
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come upon
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6
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come
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4
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stand
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3
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stand by
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3
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miscellaneous
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5
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Total
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21
|}
Googling "Strong 2186 Greek" gives a page of the BibleHub website, which shows that 2186 is a composite verb "epHistemi", that is, "to uponStand". Compare the English verb "to underStand", which, in modern usage, does not relate to standing.
Googling "Strong 2186 Greek" also gives a page of the BibleTools website, which shows that 2186 is used only 21 times, almost always in Luke or Acts, and its first instance is Luke 2:9, "the angel of the Lord came upon them". The last instance in the Gospel of Luke is the current verse.
{| border="1"
! The word 2186 is used 21 times
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Luke 2:9: "lo, the angel of the Lord <b>came upon</b> them, and the glory of the Lord"<br>
Luke 2:38: "And she <b>coming</b> in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord,"<br>
Luke 4:39: "And <b>he stood</b> over her, and rebuked the fever; and"<br>
Luke 10:40: "much serving, and <b>came</b> to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care"<br>
Luke 20:1: "and the scribes <b>came upon</b> him with the elders,"<br>
Luke 21:34: "and so that day <b>come</b> upon you unawares."<br>
Luke 24:4: "behold, two men <b>stood by</b> them in shining"<br>
Acts 4:1: "and the Sadducees, <b>came upon</b> them,"<br>
Acts 6:12: "the scribes, and <b>came upon</b> him, and caught him, and brought"<br>
Acts 10:17: "Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and <b>stood</b> before the gate,"<br>
Acts 11:11: "immediately there were three men <b>already come</b> unto the house where"<br>
Acts 12:7: "behold, the angel of the Lord <b>came upon</b> him, and a light shined in"<br>
Acts 17:5: "gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and <b>assaulted</b> the house"<br>
Acts 22:13: "unto me, and <b>stood</b>, and said unto me, Brother Saul,"<br>
Acts 22:20: "I also was <b>standing by</b>, and consenting unto his death,"<br>
Acts 23:11: "following the Lord <b>stood by</b> him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul:"<br>
Acts 23:27: "have been killed of them: then <b>came</b> I with an army, and rescued him,"<br>
Acts 28:2: "every one, because of the <b>present</b> rain, and because of the"<br>
1 Thessalonians 5:3: "then sudden destruction <b>cometh upon</b> them, as travail upon a woman with child;"<br>
2 Timothy 4:2: "Preach the word; <b>be instant</b> in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke,"<br>
2 Timothy 4:6: "the time of my departure <b>is at hand</b>."
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So it now looks as though the verb 2186 cannot be the ordinary verb "to stand", that 2186 may imply angels and that it certainly does not usually mean "to stand".
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