noun · masculine
epistatos
Strong’sG1988
master, teacher
stem epistat-7 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἐπιστάτης, -ου, ό
(< ἐφίστημι), [in LXX: IV Ki 25:19, Je 36(29):26 52:25 (פָּקִיד), II Ch 31:12 (נָגִיד), II Mac 5:22, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1988 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(ἐφίσταμαι) one who stands near or by: hence, like{ἱκέτης}, suppliant, οὐ σύ γ᾽ ἂν.. σῷ ἐπιστάτῃ οὐδ᾽ ἅλα δοίης Refs 8th c.BC+
2. in battle-order, one's rear-rank man, Refs 5th c.BC+
2.b. also, even numbers in a λόχος, Refs 1st c.BC+
II. one who stands or is mounted upon, ἁρμάτων ἐ., of a charioteer, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐλεφάντων ἐ., of the driver, Refs 2nd c.BC+
II.2. one who is set over, chief, commander, Refs 4th c.BC+; ποιμνίων ἐ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐρετμῶν ἐ. Refs 5th c.BC+; θύματος ἐ. Refs; but ταύρων πυρπνόων ζεύγλῃσι mastering them with.., Refs; ἐνόπτρων καὶ μύρων, of the Trojans, Refs; ἐ. Κολωνοῦ, of a tutelary god, Refs 5th c.BC+; [καιρὸς] ἀνδράσιν μέγιστος ἔργου παντός ἐστ᾽ ἐ. Refs; also in Prose, ἐ. γενέσθαι τῶν λόγων ἴσους καὶ κοινούς judges, Refs 5th c.BC+; ποίας ἐργασίας ἐ.; Answ. ἐ. τοῦ ποιῆσαι δεινὸν λέγειν (where it ={ἐπιστήμων}) Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπιστάται ἄθλων stewards of games, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a pilot, Refs; supervisor of training, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῶν ἐφήβων NT+1st c.BC+
III. president of a board or assembly: at Athens, ἐ. τῶν πρυτάνεων chairman of βουλή and ἐκκλησία in 5th C, Refs 4th c.BC+, later, keeper of Treasury or Archives, Refs; ἐ. τῶν προέδρων chairman of βουλή and ἐκκλησία from 4th C Refs 4th c.BC+
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+; ἐ. τῶν ἔργων clerk of the works, LXX+4th c.BC+; τῶν κοπρώνων Refs 4th c.BC+
III.3. governor, administrator, τῆς πόλεως Refs 3rd c.BC+; κώμης local magistrate, Refs
III.4. ={προστάτης}, Latin patronus, Refs
IV. in Refs 5th c.BC+; compare ἐπίστατον.
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | epistatos | epistatois |
| object accusative | epistaton | epistatoin |
| direct address vocative | epistator7×Ἐπιστάτα | epistatoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | epistatou | epistatoiu |
| to, for dative | epistato | epistatoi |
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
epistato 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
epistator“master”direct addressvocative singular7×
Luke 5:5kai apokrinirantos Simōnos legata; Epistator, dia holau nuktau kopiarantois oudenem labana, …“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard …
Luke 8:24prosercharantois de diegeirala auton legarōntois; Epistator epistator, apolonō; tos de diegeirirantos epitimata …… went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got …
Luke 8:24prosercharantois de diegeirala auton legarōntois; Epistator epistator, apolonō; tos de diegeirirantos epitimata to …… disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus …
Luke 8:45… arnorōntoiu de pantoiu legata tos Petros; Epistator, tois ochlois sunechalō sin kai apothlibalō.… asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding …
Luke 9:33… legata tos Petros pros ton Iēsun; Epistator, kalem atō nin hōde arō, kai …… were leaving, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to …
Luke 9:49Apokrinirantos de Iōannos legata; Epistator, horana tinon en te onome su …“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving …
Luke 17:13kai autois airala fōnan legarōntois; Iēsur epistator, elēasar nin.and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”