ἀνθύπατος
anthýpatos · G446 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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proconsul, important official
(The Greek equivalent of the Latin proconsul) An official ruling over a province traditionally under the control of the Roman senate
ExamplesActs 13:7 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
Acts 13:8 But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
Acts 13:12 Then the proconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.
How it’s used In 6 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
- ἈχαΐαAchaia 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἀνήρman, husband 1
- ΣέργιοςSergius 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- εἰμίto be 1
- πιστεύωto believe 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- διαστρέφωto pervert, to mislead 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ΓαλλίωνGallion 1
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σύνwith, together with 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 1 word
- ἡγεμών hēgemṓn · G2232 · ruler, prefect, governor
- ἡγεμών is a broader term for a Roman provincial governor or ruler, often used interchangeably with ἀνθύπατος in reference to Roman officials, though ἡγεμών can refer to various types of governors (including those of imperial provinces) while ἀνθύπατος specifically denotes a proconsul of a senatorial province
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Proconsul, important official37.82
- In Acts 13:7, Sergius Paulus is introduced as “the proconsul (anthypátō), a man of intelligence,” naming the Roman governing office he held over the province of Cyprus.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀνθυπάτου, ὁ (see the preceding word), proconsul: Acts 13:7, Acts 13:8, Acts 13:12; Acts…
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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