What does ἐπίτροπος (epítropos) mean in the Bible?
ἐπίτροπος (epítropos): Legal guardian or administrator entrusted with authority over persons or property during minority or absence.
Greek · G2012
ἐπίτροπος
ἐπίτροπος (epítropos): Legal guardian or administrator entrusted with authority over persons or property during minority or absence.
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ἐπίτροποςG2012
Pronunciationepítropos
What does ἐπίτροπος (epítropos) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G2012?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include foreman (1), guardians (1), household manager (1).
Where does ἐπίτροπος (epítropos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 20:8. Its strongest book concentrations include Galatians (1), Luke (1), Matthew (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 Itforeman1×Matthew 20:8
guardians1×Galatians 4:2
household manager1×Luke 8:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 20:8
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Matthew1Luke1Galatians1
Source forms
ἐπιτρόπου1xepitropouLuke 8:3
ἐπιτρόπους1xepitropousGalatians 4:2
ἐπιτρόπῳ1xepitropōMatthew 20:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural1xGalatians 4:2
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular1xMatthew 20:8
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular1xLuke 8:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Legal guardian or administrator entrusted with authority over persons or property during minority or absence.
Strong'sG2012
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms3 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLuke 8:3Source Gloss
manager
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Legal guardian or administrator entrusted with authority over persons or property during minority or absence.
(ἐπιτρέπω), [in LXX: 2Ma.11:1 2Mac 13:2 2Mac 14:2 * ;]
2a guardian (with genitive of person(s), 2Mac, ll. with): Gal.4:2.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 20:8Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ἐπιτρόπῳepitropw
a steward, guardian
Read verseLuke 8:3Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἐπιτρόπουepitropou
a steward, guardian
Read verseGalatians 4:2Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ἐπιτρόπουςepitropouv
a steward, guardian
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 3 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 patterns3Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · MasculineLuke 8:31×
Dative · Singular · MasculineMatt 20:81×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineGal 4:21×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
administrator who manages financial affairs and household resources
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Word Origins
ἐπίτροπος is built from these roots: