Lexical Summary epistatēs: superintendence, attention Original Word: ἐπιστάτηςTransliteration: epistatēs Phonetic Spelling: (ep-is-tat'-ace) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: superintendence, attention Meaning: superintendence, attention Strong's Concordance master. From epi and a presumed derivative of histemi; an appointee over, i.e. Commander (teacher) -- master. see GREEK epi see GREEK histemi Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1988: ἐπιστάτηςἐπιστάτης, ἐπιστατου, ὁ (ἐφίστημι), any sort of a superintendent or overseer (often so in secular writings, and several times in the Sept., as Exodus 1:11; Exodus 5:14; 1 Kings 5:16; 2 Kings 25:19; Jeremiah 36:26 |
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