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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἐπίτροπος
ἐπίτροπος
G2012
Transliteration: epítropos
Pronunciation: ep-it'-rop-os
Definition: steward
- Original: ἐπίτροπος - Transliteration: Epitropos - Phonetic: ep-it'-rop-os
- Definition:
1. one to whose care or honour anything has been instructed
a. a curator, a guardian
b. a steward or manager of a household, or of lands
1. overseer
c. one who has the care and tutelage of children, either where the father is dead (a guardian of minors), or where the father is still alive
- Origin: from G1909" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1909 and G5158" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5158 (in the sense of G2011" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2011) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From G1909" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1909 and G5158" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5158 (in the sense of G2011" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2011); a commissioner that is domestic manager guardian: - steward tutor.