noun · feminine
prostatias
Greekπροστάτις (prostatis)
Strong’sG4368
a female guardian, protector
stem prostati-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* προστάτις, -ιδος, ἡ
(fem. of προστάτης),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4368 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpros-tat'-is
a patroness, i.e. assistant
Fromfeminine of a derivative of G4291;
King Jamessuccourer.
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 | prostatias1×προστάτις | prostatiais |
| object accusative | prostatian | prostatiain |
| direct address vocative | prostatiar | prostatiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | prostatiau | prostatiaiu |
| to, for dative | prostatia | prostatiai |
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
prostatia 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
prostatias“helper”subjectnominative singular1×
Romans 16:2“helper”hina autan prosdecheveia en kurio axiōs toiu hagioiu, kai paristanaveia auta en he an vu chrēzateiō pragme, kai gar autas prostatias polloiu ginita kai mu autou.Welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her with anything she may need from you. For she has been a great help to many people, including me.