Word Summary
epheuretēs: a discoverer, an inventor
Original Word: ἐφευρετήςTransliteration: epheuretēs
Phonetic Spelling: (ef-yoo-ret'-ace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a discoverer, an inventor
Meaning: a discoverer, an inventor
Strong's Concordance
inventor.
From a compound of epi and heurisko; a discoverer, i.e. Contriver -- inventor.
see GREEK epi
see GREEK heurisko
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2182: ἐφευρετήςἐφευρετής,
ἐφευρετου,
ὁ (
ἐφευρίσκω to find out),
an inventor, contriver (
Anacreon (
) 41 (36), 3; Schol. ad Aristophanes ran. 1499): κακῶν, Romans 1:30 (κακῶν ἑύρεται, Philo in Flacc. § 4 middle; ὁ καινων ἀδικημάτων εὑρετής, ibid. § 10; πάσης κακίας εὑρετής, 2 Macc. 7:31; Sejanusfacinorum omalum repertor, Tacitus, ann. 4, 11).