ἘΠΙΜΕΛΗΤΑΙ, ἐπιμεληται
EPIMELĒTAI, epimelētai
Sounds Like: ep-ee-meh-lay-TAI
Translations: overseers, a superintendent, a guardian, a manager, a caretaker
From the root: ἘΠΙΜΕΛΗΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to individuals who are responsible for overseeing, managing, or caring for something or someone. They act as superintendents, guardians, or managers, ensuring that tasks are completed or that people/things are looked after properly. It is a compound word formed from 'ἐπί' (upon, over) and 'μέλει' (it is a care, it concerns).
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1984 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 11:275
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΜΕΛΗΤΗΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΜΕΛΗΤΑΣ — overseer, superintendent, manager, a manager, an overseer
- ἘΠΙΜΕΛΗΤΗΝ — steward, a steward, manager, a manager, overseer, an overseer, superintendent, a superintendent, guardian, a guardian
- ἘΠΙΜΕΛΗΤΩΝ — of overseers, of superintendents, of managers, of guardians
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