What does Ἰησοῦς · ἐπιστάτης mean in the Bible?
Ἰησοῦς · ἐπιστάτης is a Greek phrase meaning "Jesus, Master".
Greek · G2424, G1988
Ἰησοῦ ἐπιστάτα
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites · master
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Ἰησοῦς G2424 Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Pronunciation Iēsoûs
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ἐπιστάτης G1988 master
Pronunciation epistátēs
Direct address form for "master" emphasizing immediate authority and command; specific to Luke's Gospel usage.
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What does Ἰησοῦ ἐπιστάτα (Iēsou epistata) mean in the Bible?
Ἰησοῦς · ἐπιστάτης is a Greek phrase meaning "Jesus, Master".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2424, G1988?
G2424, G1988 is connected to 906 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Jesus, Master
Source Gloss
Jesus, Master
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 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 5 Aligned forms 906 Case pattern Nominative (456) Number pattern Singular (906)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:16 · Matt 3:13 · Matt 3:15 · Matt 3:16 · Matt 4:1 · Matt 4:7 · Matt 4:10 · Matt 4:17 · Matt 7:28 · Matt 8:4 · Matt 8:10 · Matt 8:13 · Matt 8:14 · Matt 8:18 · Matt 8:20 · Matt 8:22 456×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:1 · Matt 1:18 · Matt 2:1 · Matt 14:1 · Matt 26:6 · Matt 26:51 · Matt 26:59 · Matt 26:69 · Matt 26:71 · Matt 26:75 · Matt 27:1 · Matt 27:58 · Mark 1:1 · Mark 5:21 · Mark 5:27 · Mark 14:55 220×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:34 · Matt 9:10 · Matt 9:27 · Matt 14:12 · Matt 15:1 · Matt 17:4 · Matt 17:19 · Matt 18:1 · Matt 21:27 · Matt 26:17 · Matt 26:49 · Matt 27:55 · Matt 27:57 · Mark 2:15 · Mark 9:4 · Mark 9:5 92×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:21 · Matt 1:25 · Matt 14:29 · Matt 17:8 · Matt 26:4 · Matt 26:50 · Matt 26:57 · Matt 27:16 · Matt 27:17 · Matt 27:20 · Matt 27:22 · Matt 27:26 · Matt 27:27 · Matt 27:54 · Matt 28:5 · Mark 5:6 128×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Mark 1:24 · Mark 5:7 · Mark 10:47 · Luke 4:34 · Luke 8:28 · Luke 17:13 · Luke 18:38 · Luke 23:42 · Acts 7:59 · Rev 22:20 10×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
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