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Lexicon :: Strong's G2012 - epitropos

Aa
ἐπίτροπος
Transliteration
epitropos (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-it'-rop-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
3x in 3 unique form(s) TR
3x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Strong’s Definitions

ἐπίτροπος epítropos, ep-it'-rop-os; from G1909 and G5158 (in the sense of G2011); a commissioner, i.e. domestic manager, guardian:—steward, tutor.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G2012 in the following manner: steward (2x), tutor (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G2012 in the following manner: steward (2x), tutor (1x).

  1. one to whose care or honour anything has been instructed

    1. a curator, a guardian

    2. a steward or manager of a household, or of lands

      1. overseer

    3. one who has the care and tutelage of children, either where the father is dead (a guardian of minors), or where the father is still alive

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπίτροπος epítropos, ep-it'-rop-os; from G1909 and G5158 (in the sense of G2011); a commissioner, i.e. domestic manager, guardian:—steward, tutor.
STRONGS G2012:
ἐπίτροπος, -ου, ὁ, (ἐπιτρέπω), universally, one to whose care or honor anything has been intrusted; a curator, guardian, (Pindar Ol. 1, 171, and others; Philo de mundo § 7 ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ καὶ τεχνίτης καὶ ἐπίτροπος τῶν ἐν οὐρανῷ τέ καὶ ἐν κόσμῳ). Specifically,
1. a steward or manager of a household, or of lands; an overseer: Matthew 20:8; Luke 8:3; Xenophon, oec. 12, 2; 21, 9; (Aristotle, oec. 1, 5 [p. 1344a, 26] δούλων δὲ εἴδη δύο, ἐπίτροπος καὶ ἐργάτης).
2. one who has the care and tutelage of children, either where the father is dead (a guardian of minors: 2 Macc. 11:1; 2 Macc. 13:2; ἐπίτροπος ὀρθάνων, Plato, legg. 6, p. 766 c.; Plutarch, Lyc. 3; Cam. 15), or where the father still lives (Aelian v. h. 3, 26): Galatians 4:2.

Related entry:
[ἐπιτροπεύω; (from Herodotus town); to be ἐπίτροπος or procurator: of Pontius Pilate in Luke 3:1 WH (rejected) marginal reading; see their appendix on the passage.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
20:8
Luke
3:1; 8:3
Galatians
4:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2012 matches the Greek ἐπίτροπος (epitropos),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8 - “When evening G3798 came, G1096 the [fn]owner G2962 of the vineyard G290 *said G3004 to his foreman, G2012 ‘Call G2564 the laborers G2040 and pay G591 them their wages, G3408 beginning G757 with the last G2078 group to the first.’ G4413

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:3 - and Joanna G2489 the wife G1135 of Chuza, G5529 Herod’s G2264 steward, G2012 and Susanna, G4677 and many G4183 others G2087 who G3748 were contributing G1247 to their support G1247 out of their private G5225 means. G5225

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:2 - but he is under G5259 guardians G2012 and [fn]managers G3623 until G891 the date G4287 set G4287 by the father. G3962
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