Epitropos ἐπίτροπος

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Epitropos
ἐπίτροπος
Transliterationepitropos
Strong's numberG2012
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossmanager
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (1)

Epitropos (Greek ἐπίτροπος, Strong's G2012) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “manager”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἐπίτροπος, -ου, ὁ
(ἐπιτρέπω), [in LXX: 2Ma.11:1 2Mac 13:2 2Mac 14:2 * ;]
1. an administrator, a steward: Mat.20:3, Luk.8:3.
2. a guardian (with genitive of person(s), 2Mac, ll. with): Gal.4:2.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVsteward (2), unto (1), tutors (1)
BSBforeman (1), household manager (1), guardians (1)

Verses

Every verse with Epitropos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Luke

Galatians

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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