ἘΠΙΜΕΛΗΤΑΣ, ἐπιμελητας
EPIMELĒTAS, epimelētas
Sounds Like: ep-ee-meh-lay-TAS
Translations: overseer, superintendent, manager, a manager, an overseer
From the root: ἘΠΙΜΕΛΗΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to someone who has charge or oversight of something, a superintendent or manager. It is used to describe a person responsible for the care, administration, or supervision of a task, project, or group of people. In the provided context, it refers to those appointed to oversee the construction of the temple.
Inflection: Masculine, Accusative, Plural
Strong’s number: G1934 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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.
- ἘΠΙΜΕΛΗΤΑΙ — overseers, a superintendent, a guardian, a manager, a caretaker
- 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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