Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
προ-ΐστημι (G4291)
8 προ-ΐστημι , [in LXX: II Ki 13:17 , Pr 23:5 26:17 , Is 43:24 , Am 6:10 (no proper Heb. equiv.), Da LXX Bel 7 , I Mac 5:19 , IV Mac 11:27 *;] trans. in fut., 1 aor., and mid. 1 aor., to put before , set over (Plat., al.). Intrans., in pf., plpf., 2 aor. and mid. pres. and impf.; to preside , rule , govern : Ro 12:8 , I Ti 5:17 ; c. gen., I Th 5:12 , I Ti 3:4 , 5 , 12 ; to direct , maintain : c. gen. rei, καλῶν ἔργων , Tit 3:8 , 14 (on R, mg., profess honest occupations , v. CGT , in l.; Field, Notes , 223 f.).†
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain