ἘΠΙΣΤΑΤΟΥΝΤΑ, ἐπιστατουντα
EPISTATOUNTA, epistatounta
Sounds Like: ep-is-ta-TOON-tah
Translations: presiding, overseeing, managing, directing, superintending
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΤΑΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'presiding over' or 'overseeing'. It describes someone who is currently in a position of authority, managing or directing affairs. It implies a role of leadership and responsibility.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Accusative, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1988 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 2:56
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΣΤΑΤΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΣΤΑΤΟΥΝ — they were in charge, they were overseeing, they were presiding over, they were superintending
- ἘΠΙΣΤΑΤΕΙΝ — to be in charge of, to oversee, to superintend, to preside over, to manage
- ἘΠΙΣΤΑΤΟΥΝΤΩΝ — of those presiding over, of those in charge, of those overseeing, of those superintending
- ΕΠΙΣΤΑΤΕΩ — to be over, to preside, to be in charge, to command, to superintend, to oversee
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