noun · masculine

prōtostatos

Greekπρωτοστάτης (prōtostatēs)

Strong’sG4414

a leader, chief

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

Translated as

ringleader1×

What it means

πρωτοστάτης, -ου, ὁ

(< πρῶτος, ἵστημι), [in LXX: Jb 15:24 AB*;]

prop., of soldiers, one who stands first, one in the front rank (Thuc., Xen.); hence, metaph., a leader: Ac 24:5.†

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

Strong’s G4414 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpro-tos-tat'-ace

one standing first in the ranks, i.e. a captain (champion)

Fromfrom G4413 and G2476;

King Jamesringleader.

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	prōtostatos	prōtostatois
object accusative	prōtostaton1×πρωτοστάτην	prōtostatoin
direct address vocative	prōtostator	prōtostatoir
of, belonging to genitive	prōtostatou	prōtostatoiu
to, for dative	prōtostato	prōtostatoi

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

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

prōtostato 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

prōtostaton“ringleader”objectaccusative singular1×

Acts 24:5“ringleader”heuriskaratois gar ton anēron houton loimon kai kinarōton stasiain pantoi toi Ioudaioi toi kata tan oikoumenan prōtostaton tē tau toiu Nazōraioiu hairesiau,We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,