Greek noun (masculine) · G2030
ἐπόπτης
epoptesep-op'-tace
an overseer (LXX, ll. with).; a spectator
1 use in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epóptēs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2030is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2030
a looker-on
The King James renders it: eye-witness.
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
epoptes is rendered "an overseer (LXX, ll. with).; a spectator". It stands 1 time in the Greek text, across one book.
- One of the uses stand in 2 Peter, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "an overseer (LXX, ll. with).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Peter 1:16For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
The first use
For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
2 Peter 1:16ἐπόπται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in one of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: an overseer (LXX, ll. with)., and a spectator.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| an overseer (LXX, ll. with). | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where2 Peter 1:16For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of… |
| a spectator2Pe.1:16 (of ἐ. as applied to God | Tagged as
| Where2 Peter 1:16For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of… |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐποπτεύω | epopteuo | to observe | Uses2 |
All 1, 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
- ἐπόπται1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1N-NPM
2 Peter
one use
For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
- ἐπόπταιepoptainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: eyewitnesses
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.