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ἐπιστάτης

Transliteration: epistates · noun

7x in NTFirst: Luke 5:5
Meaningmaster, teacher
Part of speechnoun
Frequency7x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsἘπιστάτα, ἐπιστάτα
Example versesLuke 5:5 · Luke 8:24 · Luke 8:45 · Luke 9:33 · Luke 9:49
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What kind of word is ἐπιστάτης?

ἐπιστάτης (epistates) is a noun that occurs 7 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “master, teacher” and first appears in Luke 5:5.

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