πρωτοστάτης
prōtostátēs · G4414 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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leader, ringleader
A person of top rank in view of leadership
ExamplesActs 24:5 “For we have found this man a public menace and one who stirs up dissensions among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
How it’s used In 2 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αἵρεσιςreligious party 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀνήρman, husband 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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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἀρχηγός archēgós · G747 · initiator, founder, originator
- Greek term for one who leads or stands at the head; shares the leadership/foremost position sense with πρωτοστάτης, though ἀρχηγός emphasizes origination or pioneering role whereas πρωτοστάτης emphasizes rank/position in the formation.
- ἡγεμών hēgemṓn · G2232 · ruler, prefect, governor
- Greek term for a leader or one who guides/rules; denotes leadership position similar to πρωτοστάτης but is more administrative/governmental in typical usage whereas πρωτοστάτης carries a more militant connotation of standing in the front rank.
In the other Testament 2 words
- רֹאשׁ rôʼsh · H7218 · head, beginning
- Hebrew term for leader/chief/head; while broader in semantic range (including anatomical 'head'), it serves as the natural Hebrew equivalent for one in a position of leadership or prominence, particularly in military or organizational contexts.
- שַׂר sar · H8269 · commander, chief, captain
- Hebrew term specifically denoting a military or administrative leader/captain; directly corresponds to the 'captain' sense of πρωτοστάτης and is the standard Hebrew equivalent for Greek military leadership terminology.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Leader, ringleader87.52
- The noun names one who stands at the head of a group, especially in an unfavorable sense. Tertullus's accusation against Paul uses this term: “For we have found this man a public menace and one who stirs up dissensions among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes” (Acts 24:5).
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon πρωτοστατου, ὁ (πρῶτος and ἵστημι), properly, one who stands in the front rank, a…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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