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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἀνθύπατος
ἀνθύπατος
G446
Transliteration: anthýpatos
Pronunciation: anth-oo'-pat-os
Definition: deputy
- Original: ἀνθύπατος - Transliteration: Anthupatos - Phonetic: anth-oo'-pat-os
- Definition:
1. a proconsul
a. the emperor Augustus divided the Roman provinces into senatorial and imperial. The former were governed by proconsuls; the later by legates of the emperor, sometimes called propraetors
- Origin: from G473" class="dictionary-topic-link">G473 and a superlative of G5228" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5228 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From G473" class="dictionary-topic-link">G473 and a superlative of G5228" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5228; instead of the highest officer that is (specifically) a Roman proconsul: - deputy.