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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - προστάτις
προστάτις
G4368
Transliteration: prostátis
Pronunciation: pros-tat'-is
Definition: succourer
- Original: προστάτις - Transliteration: Prostatis - Phonetic: pros-tat'-is
- Definition:
1. a woman set over others
2. a female guardian, protectress, patroness, caring for the affairs of others and aiding them with her resources
- Origin: from a derivative of G4291" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4291 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Feminine of a derivative of G4291" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4291; a patroness that is assistant: - succourer.