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Lexicon :: Strong's G1988 - epistatēs

Aa
ἐπιστάτης
Transliteration
epistatēs (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-is-tat'-ace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἐπί (G1909) and a presumed derivative of ἵστημι (G2476)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:622,248

Strong’s Definitions

ἐπιστάτης epistátēs, ep-is-tat'-ace; from G1909 and a presumed derivative of G2476; an appointee over, i.e. commander (teacher):—master.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G1988 in the following manner: Master (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G1988 in the following manner: Master (7x).

  1. any sort of superintendent or overseer

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπιστάτης epistátēs, ep-is-tat'-ace; from G1909 and a presumed derivative of G2476; an appointee over, i.e. commander (teacher):—master.
STRONGS G1988:
ἐπιστάτης, -ου, 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 (Jer. 29:26); 2 Chronicles 2:2; 2 Chronicles 31:12); a master, used in this sense for רַבִּי by the disciples [cf. Luke 17:13] when addressing Jesus, who called him thus "not from the fact that he was a teacher, but because of his authority" (Bretschneider); found only in Luke 5:5; Luke 8:24, 45; Luke 9:33, 49; Luke 17:13.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
1:11; 5:14
1 Kings
5:16
2 Kings
25:19
2 Chronicles
2:2; 31:12
Jeremiah
29:26; 36:26
Luke
5:5; 8:24; 8:45; 9:33; 9:49; 17:13; 17:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1988 matches the Greek ἐπιστάτης (epistatēs),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And Pharaoh’s slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed, demanding, “Why haven’t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16 - as well as thirty-three hundred[fn] foremen who supervised the project and directed the workers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and five royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land and sixty of the conscripts who were found in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:2 - He conscripted 70,000 men as carriers and 80,000 as stonecutters in the hills and 3,600 as foremen over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12 - Then they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes and dedicated gifts. Konaniah, a Levite, was the overseer in charge of these things, and his brother Shimei was next in rank.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:26 - ‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada to be in charge of the house of the LORD; you should put any maniac who acts like a prophet into the stocks and neck-irons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and seven royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city.
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