Strong G1988ἐπιστάτης
master
- Transliteration
- epistatēs
- Pronunciation
- ep-is-tat'-ace
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπιστάτης, -ου, ό
(ἐφίστημι), [in LXX: 4Ki.25:19, Jer.29:26 52:25 (פָּקִיד), 2Ch.31:12 (נָגִיד), 2Ma.5:22, etc.;]
a chief, commander, master: Luk.5:5 8:24, 45 9:33, 49 17:13 (cf. Dalman, Words, 336 ff.).†
(AS)
(ἐφίστημι), [in LXX: 4Ki.25:19, Jer.29:26 52:25 (פָּקִיד), 2Ch.31:12 (נָגִיד), 2Ma.5:22, etc.;]
a chief, commander, master: Luk.5:5 8:24, 45 9:33, 49 17:13 (cf. Dalman, Words, 336 ff.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1988 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- master7
First verses
- Luke 5:5And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
- Luke 8:24And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
- Luke 8:45And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
- Luke 9:33And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.
- Luke 9:49And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.
- Luke 17:13And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπιστᾰτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
(ἐφίσταμαι) one who stands near or by: hence, like{ἱκέτης}, suppliant, οὐ σύ γ᾽ ἂν.. σῷ ἐπιστάτῃ οὐδ᾽ ἅλα δοίης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.455.)]
2. in battle-order, one's rear-rank man, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.50, 8.1.10, +others)]
2.b. also, even numbers in a λόχος, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 2.3, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 6.6.)]
II. one who stands or is mounted upon, ἁρμάτων ἐ., of a charioteer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 702, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1147)]; ἐλεφάντων ἐ., of the driver, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.40.11.)]
II.2. one who is set over, chief, commander, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 816 (815); ὅπλων [prev. author] “Pers.” 379)]; ποιμνίων ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 27)]; ἐρετμῶν ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1267)]; θύματος ἐ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Hec.” 223)]; but ταύρων πυρπνόων ζεύγλῃσι mastering them with.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Med.” 478)]; ἐνόπτρων καὶ μύρων, of the Trojans, [Refs ([prev. author] “Or.” 1112)]; ἐ. Κολωνοῦ, of a tutelary god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 889)]; [καιρὸς] ἀνδράσιν μέγιστος ἔργου παντός ἐστ᾽ ἐ. [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 76)]; also in Prose, ἐ. γενέσθαι τῶν λόγων ἴσους καὶ κοινούς judges, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.7)]; ποίας ἐργασίας ἐ.; Answ. ἐ. τοῦ ποιῆσαι δεινὸν λέγειν (where it ={ἐπιστήμων}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 312d; πραγμάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.121)]; ἐπιστάται ἄθλων stewards of games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 949a, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 8.4)]; of a pilot, [Refs ([prev. author] “Oec.” 21.3)]; supervisor of training, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 412a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.18 (_plural_); ἐ. τῶν παίδων “IG” 12(1).43 (from Rhodes))]; τῶν ἐφήβων [NT+1st c.BC+ (“Inscription Prien.” 112.73 (1st c.BC): _vocative_ ἐπιστάτα, = “Rabbi, NT.Luke.5.5, +others)]
III. president of a board or assembly: at Athens, ἐ. τῶν πρυτάνεων chairman of βουλή and ἐκκλησία in 5th C, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 44.1)], later, keeper of Treasury or Archives, [Refs (“IG” 3.841, etc.)]; ἐ. τῶν προέδρων chairman of βουλή and ἐκκλησία from 4th C [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.39, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.9, etc.; ἐ. ὁ ἐκ τῶν προέδρων “IG” 22.204.31 (4th c.BC); in other Greek states, [prev. work]12(1).731 (from Rhodes), 12(7).515.116, 125 (from Amorgos), etc.; ἐ. τῶν νομοθετῶν [prev. work]22.222; τῶν δικα[στῶν] “LW” 1539 (from Erythrae).)]
III.2. overseer, superintendent, in charge of any public building or works, τοῦ νεὼ τοῦ ἐν πόλει, i.e. of the temple of Athena Polias, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 12.372; ἱεροῦ “UPZ” 42.22 (2nd c.BC))]; ἐ. τῶν ἔργων clerk of the works, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.114, LXX.Exo.1.11 (_plural_); τῶν δημοσίων ἔργων 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.14; τοῦ ναυτικοῦ [prev. work]222; τῆς Ἀκαδημείας 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Dem.fragment” 7; τοῦ Μουσείου “OGI” 104.4 (2nd c.BC))]; τῶν κοπρώνων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.49.)]
III.3. governor, administrator, τῆς πόλεως [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“OGI” 254.3 (Babylon, 2nd c.BC),compare “IG” 12(3).320.7 (Thera, 3rd c.BC), “OGI” 479.7 (Dorylaeum, 2nd c.AD))]; κώμης local magistrate, [Refs (Arch.Papyrus 4.38.)]
III.4. ={προστάτης}, Latin patronus, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.1317.)]
IV. in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 437, ={χυτρόπους}, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristophanes Byzantinus Philosophus cited in 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1827.45; other explanations, [prev. passage], compareScholia Ar.[same place]: τοὐπιστάτου is from ἐπίστατος, ={πυρίστατος}, Anonymus cited in 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1827.56: uncertain meaning in “BpW” 1892.514)]; compare ἐπίστατον.
(ἐφίσταμαι) one who stands near or by: hence, like{ἱκέτης}, suppliant, οὐ σύ γ᾽ ἂν.. σῷ ἐπιστάτῃ οὐδ᾽ ἅλα δοίης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.455.)]
2. in battle-order, one's rear-rank man, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.50, 8.1.10, +others)]
2.b. also, even numbers in a λόχος, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 2.3, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 6.6.)]
II. one who stands or is mounted upon, ἁρμάτων ἐ., of a charioteer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 702, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1147)]; ἐλεφάντων ἐ., of the driver, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.40.11.)]
II.2. one who is set over, chief, commander, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 816 (815); ὅπλων [prev. author] “Pers.” 379)]; ποιμνίων ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 27)]; ἐρετμῶν ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1267)]; θύματος ἐ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Hec.” 223)]; but ταύρων πυρπνόων ζεύγλῃσι mastering them with.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Med.” 478)]; ἐνόπτρων καὶ μύρων, of the Trojans, [Refs ([prev. author] “Or.” 1112)]; ἐ. Κολωνοῦ, of a tutelary god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 889)]; [καιρὸς] ἀνδράσιν μέγιστος ἔργου παντός ἐστ᾽ ἐ. [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 76)]; also in Prose, ἐ. γενέσθαι τῶν λόγων ἴσους καὶ κοινούς judges, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.7)]; ποίας ἐργασίας ἐ.; Answ. ἐ. τοῦ ποιῆσαι δεινὸν λέγειν (where it ={ἐπιστήμων}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 312d; πραγμάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.121)]; ἐπιστάται ἄθλων stewards of games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 949a, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 8.4)]; of a pilot, [Refs ([prev. author] “Oec.” 21.3)]; supervisor of training, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 412a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.18 (_plural_); ἐ. τῶν παίδων “IG” 12(1).43 (from Rhodes))]; τῶν ἐφήβων [NT+1st c.BC+ (“Inscription Prien.” 112.73 (1st c.BC): _vocative_ ἐπιστάτα, = “Rabbi, NT.Luke.5.5, +others)]
III. president of a board or assembly: at Athens, ἐ. τῶν πρυτάνεων chairman of βουλή and ἐκκλησία in 5th C, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 44.1)], later, keeper of Treasury or Archives, [Refs (“IG” 3.841, etc.)]; ἐ. τῶν προέδρων chairman of βουλή and ἐκκλησία from 4th C [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.39, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.9, etc.; ἐ. ὁ ἐκ τῶν προέδρων “IG” 22.204.31 (4th c.BC); in other Greek states, [prev. work]12(1).731 (from Rhodes), 12(7).515.116, 125 (from Amorgos), etc.; ἐ. τῶν νομοθετῶν [prev. work]22.222; τῶν δικα[στῶν] “LW” 1539 (from Erythrae).)]
III.2. overseer, superintendent, in charge of any public building or works, τοῦ νεὼ τοῦ ἐν πόλει, i.e. of the temple of Athena Polias, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 12.372; ἱεροῦ “UPZ” 42.22 (2nd c.BC))]; ἐ. τῶν ἔργων clerk of the works, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.114, LXX.Exo.1.11 (_plural_); τῶν δημοσίων ἔργων 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.14; τοῦ ναυτικοῦ [prev. work]222; τῆς Ἀκαδημείας 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Dem.fragment” 7; τοῦ Μουσείου “OGI” 104.4 (2nd c.BC))]; τῶν κοπρώνων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.49.)]
III.3. governor, administrator, τῆς πόλεως [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“OGI” 254.3 (Babylon, 2nd c.BC),compare “IG” 12(3).320.7 (Thera, 3rd c.BC), “OGI” 479.7 (Dorylaeum, 2nd c.AD))]; κώμης local magistrate, [Refs (Arch.Papyrus 4.38.)]
III.4. ={προστάτης}, Latin patronus, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.1317.)]
IV. in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 437, ={χυτρόπους}, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristophanes Byzantinus Philosophus cited in 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1827.45; other explanations, [prev. passage], compareScholia Ar.[same place]: τοὐπιστάτου is from ἐπίστατος, ={πυρίστατος}, Anonymus cited in 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1827.56: uncertain meaning in “BpW” 1892.514)]; compare ἐπίστατον.