Strong G1978ἐπίσημος
notable
- Transliteration
- episēmos
- Pronunciation
- ep-is'-ay-mos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπίσημος, -ον
(σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: Gen.30:42 (קָשַׁר), Est.5:4 8:13, 1Ma.11:37 1Mac 14:48, 2Ma.15:36, 3Ma.6:1 *;]
1. bearing a mark; of money, stamped, coined.
2. Metaphorical,
__(a) in good sense, notable, illustrious: Rom.16:7;
__(b) in bad sense, notorious: Mat.27:16.†
(AS)
(σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: Gen.30:42 (קָשַׁר), Est.5:4 8:13, 1Ma.11:37 1Mac 14:48, 2Ma.15:36, 3Ma.6:1 *;]
1. bearing a mark; of money, stamped, coined.
2. Metaphorical,
__(a) in good sense, notable, illustrious: Rom.16:7;
__(b) in bad sense, notorious: Mat.27:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1978 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- notable1
- note1
First verses
- Matthew 27:16And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
- Romans 16:7Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπί-σημος,
Doric dialectἐπί-σᾱμος, ον, (σῆμἀ serving to distinguish, τοῖς δ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ ἄνθρωποι κατέθεντ᾽ ἐ. ἑκάστῳ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 19.3.)]
II. having a mark, inscription or device on it, especially of money, stamped, coined, χρυσὸς ἐ., opposed to ἄσημος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.41; ἀργύριον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13; χρυσίον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.40, compare “IG” 12.301, +others)]; so ἀναθήματα οὐκ ἐ. offerings with no inscription on them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.51)]; ἀσπίδες ἐ., opposed to λεῖαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.280, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 526.)]
II.2. of epileptic patients, bearing the marks of the disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου” 8)]; of cattle, spotted or striped, [LXX (LXX.Gen.30.42.)]
II.3. notable, remarkable, μνῆμ᾽ ἐ. a speaking remembrance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1258 (_anapaest meter_); ξυμφοραί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 543)]; εὐνή, λέχος, [Refs ([prev. author] “HF” 68, “Or.” 21; τύχη [prev. author] “Med.” 544; χαρακτήρ [prev. author] “Hec.” 379)]; τάφος ἐπισημότατος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.43; τιμωρία 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 129; τόποι “IG” 12(3).326.42 (Thera, _superlative_))]; of garments, fine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 695.39 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd c.BC))]; and of persons, ἐ. σοφίην notable for wisdom, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.20; ἐ. ἐν βροτοῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 103; ἐ. ξένοι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 543)]: in bad sense, conspicuous, notorious, ἐς τὸν ψόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 249)]; δέσμιος ἐ. [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Matt.27.16; διὰ δημοκοπίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 14; ἐπὶ τῇ μοχθηρίᾳ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Rh.Pr.” 25.)]
II.4. significant, οὐκ ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.59, 3.32.)]
III. adverb -μως[LXX+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.39.9, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Symmachus LXX.Psa.73(74).4, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.1.8)]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.762)]; -οτέρως [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 2.9)]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 43.)]
Doric dialectἐπί-σᾱμος, ον, (σῆμἀ serving to distinguish, τοῖς δ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ ἄνθρωποι κατέθεντ᾽ ἐ. ἑκάστῳ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 19.3.)]
II. having a mark, inscription or device on it, especially of money, stamped, coined, χρυσὸς ἐ., opposed to ἄσημος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.41; ἀργύριον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13; χρυσίον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.40, compare “IG” 12.301, +others)]; so ἀναθήματα οὐκ ἐ. offerings with no inscription on them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.51)]; ἀσπίδες ἐ., opposed to λεῖαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.280, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 526.)]
II.2. of epileptic patients, bearing the marks of the disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου” 8)]; of cattle, spotted or striped, [LXX (LXX.Gen.30.42.)]
II.3. notable, remarkable, μνῆμ᾽ ἐ. a speaking remembrance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1258 (_anapaest meter_); ξυμφοραί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 543)]; εὐνή, λέχος, [Refs ([prev. author] “HF” 68, “Or.” 21; τύχη [prev. author] “Med.” 544; χαρακτήρ [prev. author] “Hec.” 379)]; τάφος ἐπισημότατος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.43; τιμωρία 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 129; τόποι “IG” 12(3).326.42 (Thera, _superlative_))]; of garments, fine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 695.39 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd c.BC))]; and of persons, ἐ. σοφίην notable for wisdom, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.20; ἐ. ἐν βροτοῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 103; ἐ. ξένοι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 543)]: in bad sense, conspicuous, notorious, ἐς τὸν ψόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 249)]; δέσμιος ἐ. [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Matt.27.16; διὰ δημοκοπίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 14; ἐπὶ τῇ μοχθηρίᾳ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Rh.Pr.” 25.)]
II.4. significant, οὐκ ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.59, 3.32.)]
III. adverb -μως[LXX+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.39.9, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Symmachus LXX.Psa.73(74).4, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.1.8)]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.762)]; -οτέρως [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 2.9)]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 43.)]