What does ἐπίσημος (epísēmos) mean in the Bible?
ἐπίσημος (epísēmos): Marked or stamped; literally means bearing a distinguishing mark, thus notable or notorious depending on context.
Greek · G1978
ἐπίσημος
Notable
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ἐπίσημος G1978
Pronunciation epísēmos
What does ἐπίσημος (epísēmos) mean in the Bible?
ἐπίσημος (epísēmos): Marked or stamped; literally means bearing a distinguishing mark, thus notable or notorious depending on context.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1978?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a notorious (1), outstanding (1).
Where does ἐπίσημος (epísēmos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 27:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a notorious 1× Matthew 27:16
outstanding 1× Romans 16:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 27:16
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Romans 1
Source forms
ἐπίσημοι 1x episēmoi Romans 16:7
ἐπίσημον 1x episēmon Matthew 27:16
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 27:16
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Romans 16:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Marked or stamped; literally means bearing a distinguishing mark, thus notable or notorious depending on context.
Strong's G1978
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
notable
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Marked or stamped; literally means bearing a distinguishing mark, thus notable or notorious depending on context.
(σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: Gen.30:42 (קָשַׁר), Est.5:4 8:13, 1Ma.11:37 1Mac 14:48, 2Ma.15:36, 3Ma.6:1 * ;]
1bearing a mark; of money, stamped, coined.
2Metaphorical,
ain good sense, notable, illustrious: Rom.16:7;
bin bad sense, notorious: Mat.27:16.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 27:16 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἐπίσημον, epishmon
notable, conspicuous
Read verse Romans 16:7 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἐπίσημοι epishmoi
notable, conspicuous
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Rom 16:7 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 27:16 1×
Word Origins
ἐπίσημος is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain