Strong's Lexicon

G1978

G1978 — ἐπίσημος

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekepisemosadjectiveOccurrences: 2

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G1978
Word:ἐπίσημος
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from G1909 and some form of the base of G4591
Language:Greek
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:episemos
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ep-is'-ay-mos
Meaning:1. remarkable 2. (figuratively) eminent
KJV Renderings:notable, of note

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐπίσημος, ἐπίσημον (σῆμα a sign, mark);

1. properly, having a mark on it, marked, stamped, coined: ἀργύριον, χρυσός (Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, Josephus).

2. tropically, marked (Latininsignis), both in a good and bad sense; in a good sense, of note, illustrious: Rom 16:7 (Herodotus and following); in a bad sense, notorious, infamous: Mat 27:16 (Euripides, Or. 249; Josephus, Antiquities 5, 7, 1; Plutarch, Fab. Max. 14; others).

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ἐπίσημος (notable)

Matthew 27:16

KJV: And they had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas
GK: είχον δε τότε δέσμιον επίσημον λεγόμενον Βαραββάν

Romans 16:7

KJV: Salute Andronicus and Junia my kinsmen and my fellowprisoners who are of note among the apostles who also were in Christ before me
GK: ασπάσασθε Ανδρόνικον και Ιουνίαν τους συγγενείς μου και συναιχμαλώτους μου οίτινές εισιν επίσημοι εν τοις αποστόλοις οι και προ εμού γεγόνασιν εν χριστώ
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