STRONGS NUMBER G1988

Original Word: ἐπιστάτης
Transliteration: epistatēs
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-is-tat'-ace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: superintendence, attention
Meaning: superintendence, attentionmaster.

From epi and a presumed derivative of histemi; an appointee over, i.e. Commander (teacher) -- master.

see GREEK epi

see GREEK histemi

STRONGS NT 1988: ἐπιστάτης

ἐπιστάτης, ἐπιστατου, ὁ (ἐφίστημι), any sort of a superintendent or overseer (often so in secular writings, and several times in the Sept., as Exodus 1:11; Exodus 5:14; 1 Kings 5:16; 2 Kings 25:19; Jeremiah 36:26 (); 2 Chronicles 2:2; 2 Chronicles 31:12); a master, used in this sense for רַבִּי by the disciples (cf. Luke 17:13) when addressing Jesus, who called him thus not from the fact that he was a teacher, but because of his authority (Bretschneider); found only in Luke 5:5; Luke 8:24, 45; Luke 9:33, 49; Luke 17:13.