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Lexicon :: Strong's G1988 - epistatēs

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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.
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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 Box Exo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16 - besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief officers who were over the work, who had charge of the people who carried on the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and five men of the king’s council who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:2 - [fn] And Solomon assigned 70,000 men to bear burdens and 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and 3,600 to oversee them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12 - And they faithfully brought in the contributions, the tithes, and the dedicated things. The chief officer in charge of them was Conaniah the Levite, with Shimei his brother as second,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:26 - ‘The LORD has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to have charge in the house of the LORD over every madman who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and neck irons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and seven men of the king’s council, who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city.
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