2001 Translation

PROESTĒSEN, proestēsen

Sounds Like: proh-ES-tay-sen

Translations: he presided, he ruled, he managed, he directed, he led

From the root: ΠΡΟΪΣΤΗΜΙ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to preside over,' 'to rule,' 'to manage,' or 'to direct.' It describes someone taking a leading or governing role. It is used to indicate that someone took charge or was placed in authority over something or someone.

Inflection: Third Person Singular, Aorist, Active, Indicative

Strong’s number: G4291 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 12 — 11:426

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΪΣΤΗΜΙ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΠΡΟΕΣΤΗΚΕΣΑΝ — they presided over, they ruled, they led, they managed, they were over
• ΠΡΟΕΣΤΗΚΟΤΑ — those who preside, those who rule, leaders, rulers, chiefs, supervisors, those who are in charge
• ΠΡΟΕΣΤΩΤΕΣ — leaders, rulers, those who preside, chief men, a leader, a ruler
• ΠΡΟΣΤΑΝΤΩΝ — of those who preside, of those who rule, of those who manage, of those who stand before, of those who protect
• ΠΡΟΣΤΗ — to stand before, to preside over, to manage, to rule, to protect, to be a leader, to be a guardian
• ΠΡΟΣΤΗΝΑΙ — to stand before, to preside over, to rule, to manage, to protect, to be a leader, to be in charge
• ΠΡΟΣΤΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having appointed, having set over, having stood before, having presided over, having been leaders
• ΠΡΟΣΤΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ — having appointed, having set over, having managed, having ruled, those having appointed, those having set over, those having managed, those having ruled
• ΠΡΟΣΤΗΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to stand before, to preside over, to rule, to manage, to be a protector, to be a patron, to be a leader
• ΠΡΟΣΤΗΣΗΤΑΙ — to preside over, to manage, to rule, to be a leader, to protect, to care for
• ΠΡΟΣΤΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΝ — about to preside over, about to be set over, about to manage, about to rule, about to lead
• ΠΡΟΥΣΤΗΝ — to preside over, to rule, to manage, to lead, to be a leader, to be a manager, to be a ruler, to be a guardian, to be a protector, to be diligent, to give aid
• ΠΡΟΥΣΤΗΣΕ — presided over, managed, ruled, led, stood before
• ΠΡΟΥΦΕΣΤΩΤΟΣ — of one standing before, of one presiding over, of one leading, of one ruling, of one managing, of one being in charge

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