Strong's Lexicon
G2012 — ἐπίτροπος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2012 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐπίτροπος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1909 and G5158 (in the sense of G2011) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | epitropos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ep-it'-rop-os |
| Meaning: | 1. a commissioner, i.e. domestic manager, guardian |
| KJV Renderings: | steward, tutor |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπίτροπος, ἐπιτρόπου, ὁ (ἐπιτρέπω), universally, one to whose care or honor anything has been intrusted; a curator, guardian, (Pindar Ol. 1, 171, et al.; Philo de mundo § 7 ὁ Θεός καί πατήρ καί τεχνίτης καί ἐπίτροπος τῶν ἐν οὐρανῷ τέ καί ἐν κόσμῳ). Specifically,
1. a steward or manager of a household, or of lands; an overseer: Mat 20:8; Luk 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: 2Ma 11:1 2Ma 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.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπίτροπος (steward)
Matthew 20:8
- KJV: So when even was come the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward Call the labourers and give them hire beginning from the last unto the first
- GK: οψίας δε γενομένης λέγει ο κύριος του αμπελώνος τω επιτρόπω αυτού κάλεσον τους εργάτας και απόδος αυτοίς τον μισθόν αρξάμενος από των εσχάτων έως των πρώτων
Luke 8:3
- KJV: And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward and Susanna and many others which ministered unto him of their substance
- GK: και Ιωάννα γυνή Χουζά επιτρόπου Ηρώδου και Σουσάννα και έτεραι πολλαί αίτινες διηκόνουν αυτώ από των υπαρχόντων
Galatians 4:2
- KJV: But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father
- GK: αλλά υπό επιτρόπους εστί και οικονόμους άχρι της προθεσμίας του πατρός