Strong's Lexicon
G4368 — προστάτις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4368 |
|---|---|
| Word: | προστάτις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | feminine of a derivative of G4291 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | prostatis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pros-tat'-is |
| Meaning: | 1. a patroness, i.e. assistant |
| KJV Renderings: | succourer |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προστάτις, προστατιδος, ἡ (feminine of the noun προστάτης, from προΐστημι);
a. properly, a woman set over others.
b. a female guardian, protectress, patroness, caring for the affairs of others and aiding them with her resources (A. V. succourer): Rom 16:2; cf. Passow on the word and under προστάτης at the end; (Schürer, Die Gemeindeverfassung der Juden in Rom, as above with (Leip. 1879), p. 31; Heinrici, Die Christengemeinde Korinths, in Hilgenfeld’s Zeitschr. for 1876, p. 517f).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
προστάτις (succourer)
Romans 16:2
- KJV: That ye receive her in the Lord as becometh saints and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you for she hath been a succourer of many and of myself also
- GK: ίνα αυτήν προσδέξησθε εν κυρίω αξίως των αγίων και παραστήτε αυτή εν ω αν υμών χρήζη πράγματι και γαρ αύτη προστάτις πολλών εγενήθη και αυτού εμού