ἐπίτροπος
epítropos · G2012 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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foreman
A person in charge of supervising workers
ExamplesMatthew 20:8 “Now when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, starting with the last group to the first.’
Luke 8:3 and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who were contributing to their support out of their private means.
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guardian, leader, guide
A person who guides, directs, and shows concern for
ExamplesGalatians 4:2 but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by the father.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἩρώδηςHerod 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ΧουζᾶςChuzas 1
It is given or told toIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λέγωto say 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὑπόby, under 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Guardian, leader, guide36.5
- In Galatians 4:2, the underage heir “is under guardians and managers until the date set by the father,” describing those charged with overseeing and guiding him.
- Foreman37.86
- In Matthew 20:8, the vineyard owner “said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages,'” the specific role of overseeing the workers and their pay.
Word family 29 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπιτρόπου, ὁ (ἐπιτρέπω), universally, one to whose care or honor anything has been…
1. a steward or manager of a household, or of lands; an overseer: Mt 20:8; Lk 8:3; Xenophon, oec. 12, 2; 21, 9; (Aristotle, oec. 1, 5 (p. 1344a, 26) δούλων δέ εἴδη δύω, ἐπίτροπος καί 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 2Macc. 13:2; ἐπίτροπος ὀρθανων, Plato, legg. 6, p. 766 c.; Plutarch, Lyc. 3; Cam. 15), or where the father still lives (Aelian v. h. 3, 26): Gal 4:2.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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