STRONGS G4368:
προστάτις,
προστατιδος,
ἡ (feminine of the noun
προστάτης, from
προΐστημι);
a. properly,
a woman set over others.
b. a female guardian, protectress, patroness, caring for the affairs of others and aiding them with her resources (
A. V. succourer):
Romans 16:2; cf.
Passow on the word and under
προστάτης at the end; (
Schürer, Die Gemeindeverfassung der Juden in Rom, as above with (Leip. 1879), p. 31; Heinrici, Die Christengemeinde Korinths, in Hilgenfeld's Zeitschr. for 1876, p. 517f).
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