STRONGS G2012:
ἐπίτροπος,
-ου,
ὁ, (
ἐπιτρέπω), universally,
one to whose care or
honor anything has been intrusted; a curator, guardian, (Pindar Ol. 1, 171, and others; Philo de mundo § 7
ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ καὶ τεχνίτης καὶ ἐπίτροπος τῶν ἐν οὐρανῷ τέ καὶ ἐν κόσμῳ). Specifically,
1. a steward or
manager of a household, or
of lands; an overseer:
Matthew 20:8;
Luke 8:3; Xenophon, oec. 12, 2; 21, 9; (Aristotle, oec. 1, 5 [p. 1344
a, 26]
δούλων δὲ εἴδη δύο,
ἐπίτροπος καὶ ἐργάτης).
2. one who has the care and tutelage of children, either where the father is dead (
a guardian of minors: 2 Macc. 11:1; 2 Macc. 13:2;
ἐπίτροπος ὀρθάνων, Plato, legg. 6, p. 766 c.; Plutarch, Lyc. 3; Cam. 15), or where the father still lives (Aelian v. h. 3, 26):
Galatians 4:2.
Related entry:
[
ἐπιτροπεύω; (from Herodotus town);
to be ἐπίτροπος or
procurator: of Pontius Pilate in
Luke 3:1 WH (rejected) marginal reading; see their appendix on the passage.]
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