ΠΡΟΣΤΑΤΑΙ, προσταται
PROSTATAI, prostatai
Sounds Like: pros-TAH-tai
Translations: leaders, rulers, chiefs, patrons, protectors, guardians
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΤΑΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to those who stand before others, acting as leaders, rulers, or protectors. It can describe someone in a position of authority or someone who provides assistance and guardianship.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4399 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:111
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:19
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΤΑΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΑΠΡΟΣΤΑΤΗΤΟΣ — unprotected, undefended, without a protector, without a patron, helpless
- ΠΡΟΣΤΑΤΗ — protector, a protector, leader, a leader, ruler, a ruler, patron, a patron, guardian, a guardian, superintendent, a superintendent, (of) a protector, (to) a protector
- ΠΡΟΣΤΑΤΗΝ — protector, patron, leader, ruler, a protector, a patron, a leader, a ruler
- ΠΡΟΣΤΑΤΗΣ — protector, patron, leader, chief, a protector, a patron, a leader, a chief
- ΠΡΟΣΤΑΤΙΣ — patroness, a patroness, protectress, a protectress, helper, a helper, succorer, a succorer
- ΠΡΟΣΤΑΤΟΥ — of a patron, of a protector, of a guardian, of a leader, of a chief, of a ruler, of a champion, of a benefactor
- ΠΡΟΣΤΑΤΩΝ — of protectors, of leaders, of patrons, of chiefs, of rulers
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