King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4414
Transliteration: prōtostatēs
Phonetic Spelling: (pro-tos-tat'-ace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: one who stands first (of soldiers), a leader
Meaning: one who stands first (of soldiers), a leader
πρωτοστάτης, πρωτοστατου, ὁ (πρῶτος and ἵστημι), properly, one who stands in the front rank, a front-rank man, (Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, Diodorus, Dionysius Halicarnassus, others; ὥσπερ στρατηγός πρωτοστάτης, Job 15:24); hence, a leader, chief, champion: tropically, (A. V. a ringleader) τῆς αἱρέσεως, Acts 24
Word Summary
prōtostatēs: one who stands first (of soldiers), a leader
Original Word: πρωτοστάτηςTransliteration: prōtostatēs
Phonetic Spelling: (pro-tos-tat'-ace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: one who stands first (of soldiers), a leader
Meaning: one who stands first (of soldiers), a leader
Strong's Concordance
ringleader. From protos and histemi; one standing first in the ranks, i.e. A captain (champion) -- ringleader.
see GREEK protos
see GREEK histemi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4414: πρωτοστάτηςπρωτοστάτης, πρωτοστατου, ὁ (πρῶτος and ἵστημι), properly, one who stands in the front rank, a front-rank man, (Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, Diodorus, Dionysius Halicarnassus, others; ὥσπερ στρατηγός πρωτοστάτης, Job 15:24); hence, a leader, chief, champion: tropically, (A. V. a ringleader) τῆς αἱρέσεως, Acts 24