Greek noun (masculine) · G1988
ἐπιστάτης
epistatesep-is-tat'-ace
master
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epistátēs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1988is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1988
an appointee over, i.e. commander (teacher)
The King James renders it: master.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
epistates is rendered "master". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Seven of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 5:5“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
The first use
“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
Luke 5:5ἐπιστάτα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's seven uses are in Luke.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Master7
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιστρέφω | epistrepho | to turn | Uses36 |
| ἐπιστολή | epistole | epistle | Uses24 |
| ἐπίσταμαι | epistamai | to know/understand | Uses14 |
| ἐπισκέπτομαι | episkeptomai | to visit/care for | Uses11 |
| ἐπισυνάγω | episynago | to gather | Uses8 |
| ἐπισκιάζω | episkiazo | to overshadow | Uses5 |
| ἐπίσκοπος | episkopos | overseer | Uses5 |
| ἐπισκοπή | episkope | oversight | Uses4 |
| ἐπιστηρίζω | episterizo | to strengthen | Uses4 |
| ἐπιστέλλω | epistello | to write to | Uses3 |
| ἐπίσημος | episemos | notable | Uses2 |
| ἐπισκοπέω | episkopeo | to oversee/care for | Uses2 |
and 12 more on the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπιστάτα7
The grammar of each form
- noun · vocative (address) · masculine singular7N-VSM-T
Luke
seven uses
“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
- ἐπιστάταepistatanoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Master
The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm.
- ἐπιστάταepistatanoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Master
- ἐπιστάταepistatanoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Master
“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”
- ἐπιστάταepistatanoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Master
As Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)
- ἐπιστάταepistatanoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Master
“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”
- ἐπιστάταepistatanoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Master
and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
- ἐπιστάταepistatanoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Master
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.