Lexicon prótostatés: one who stands first (of soldiers), hence a leader Original Word: πρωτοστάτης, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: prótostatés Phonetic Spelling: (pro-tos-tat'-ace) Short Definition: a leader, chief Definition: one who stands in the front rank, hence: a leader, ringleader, chief. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom prótos and histémiDefinitionone who stands first (of soldiers), hence a leader NASB Translationringleader (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4414: πρωτοστάτηςπρωτοστάτης, πρωτοστατου, ὁ ( πρῶτος and ἵστημι), properly, one who stands in the front rank, a front-rank man, ( Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, Diodorus, Dionysius Halicarnassus, others; ὥσπερ στρατηγός πρωτοστάτης, Job 15:24); hence, a leader, chief, champion: tropically, ( A. V. a ringleader) τῆς αἱρέσεως, Acts 24 Strong's ringleader. From protos and histemi; one standing first in the ranks, i.e. A captain (champion) -- ringleader. see GREEK protos see GREEK histemi |
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