adjective

episēmos

Greekἐπίσημος (episēmos)

Strong’sG1978

notable, conspicuous

stem episēm-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

notorious1×outstanding1×

What it means

ἐπίσημος, -ον

(< σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: Ge 30:42 (קָשַׁר), Es 5:4 8:13, I Mac 11:37 14:48, II Mac 15:36, III Mac 6:1 *;]

1. bearing a mark; of money, stamped, coined.

2. Metaph.,

(a) in good sense, notable, illustrious: Ro 16:7;

(b) in bad sense, notorious: Mt 27:16.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1978 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-is'-ay-mos

remarkable, i.e. (figuratively) eminent

Fromfrom G1909 and some form of the base of G4591;

King Jamesnotable, of note.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	episēmos	episēmas	episēmem	episēmois1×ἐπίσημοι	episēmais	episēmeim
object accusative	episēmon1×ἐπίσημον	episēman		episēmoin	episēmain
direct address vocative	episēmor	episēmar		episēmoir	episēmair
of, belonging to genitive	episēmou	episēmau	episēmeu	episēmoiu	episēmaiu	episēmeiu
to, for dative	episēmo	episēma	episēme	episēmoi	episēmai	episēmei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

episēmstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

episēm is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

episēmon“notorious”objectaccusative singular1×

Matthew 27:16“notorious”echale de tote desmion episēmon legirōton Iēsun Barabbaon.At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.

episēmois“outstanding”subjectnominative plural1×

Romans 16:7“outstanding”aspazevar Andronikon kai Iounian toin sungenoin mu kai sunaichmalōtoin mu, hotinois alō episēmois en toi apostoloi, hois kai pro mu ginalē en Christo.Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.