noun · masculine

epoptos

Greekἐπόπτης (epoptēs)

Strong’sG2030

an eyewitness

stem epopt-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

eyewitnesses1×

What it means

** ἐπόπτης, -ου, ὁ

[in LXX (of God): Es 5:1, II Mac 3:39 7:35, III Mac 2:21 *;]

1. an overseer (LXX, ll. c.).

2. a spectator: II Pe 1:16 (of ἐ. as applied to God, v. parallels in Inscr., MM, Exp., xiv; of the use of this term in the mysteries, v. Mayor on II Pe, l.c.; Thayer, s.v.).†

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

Strong’s G2030 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-op'-tace

a looker-on

Fromfrom G1909 and a presumed derivative of G3700;

King Jameseye-witness.

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	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	epoptos	epoptois1×ἐπόπται
object accusative	epopton	epoptoin
direct address vocative	epoptor	epoptoir
of, belonging to genitive	epoptou	epoptoiu
to, for dative	epopto	epoptoi

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

epoptstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

epopto 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

epoptois“eyewitnesses”subjectnominative plural1×

2 Peter 1:16“eyewitnesses”Ouk gar sofizirētoi muthoi exakoloutharatois gnōrizana vi tan tou kuriou nu Iēsu Christou dunamian kai parousian, alla epoptois giniratois tau ekeinou megaleiotau.For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.