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
Manager
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ἐπίτροπος G2012
Pronunciation epítropos
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.
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Questions this entry answers
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 It foreman 1× Matthew 20:8
guardians 1× Galatians 4:2
household manager 1× Luke 8:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 20:8
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Luke 1 Galatians 1
Source forms
ἐπιτρόπου 1x epitropou Luke 8:3
ἐπιτρόπους 1x epitropous Galatians 4:2
ἐπιτρόπῳ 1x epitropō Matthew 20:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Galatians 4:2
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 20:8
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Luke 8:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Legal guardian or administrator entrusted with authority over persons or property during minority or absence.
Strong's G2012
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 8:3 Source Gloss
manager
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 20:8 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ἐπιτρόπῳ epitropw
a steward, guardian
Read verse Luke 8:3 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἐπιτρόπου epitropou
a steward, guardian
Read verse Galatians 4:2 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ἐπιτρόπους epitropouv
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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 8:3 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 20:8 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Gal 4:2 1×
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
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἐπίτροπος 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