ἀνθύπατοςanthýpatos
instead of the highest officer, i.e. (specially) a Roman proconsul
Greek (New Testament) · G446
Meanings
supreme, a consul, one acting in place of a consul, a proconsul, the administrator of a senatorial province: Acts 13:7, Acts 13:8, Acts 13:12, Acts 18:12, Acts 19:38.
Same root
- ἀντίantí · G473opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
- ὑπέρhypér · G5228"over", i.e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than
- ἀνθυπατεύωanthypateúō · G445to act as proconsul
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Acts 13:7 He had attached himself to the governor, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. The governor invited Barnabas and Saul to visit him, for he wanted to hear the word of God.
- Acts 13:8 But Elymas, the sorcerer (as his name means in Greek), interfered and urged the governor to pay no attention to what Barnabas and Saul said. He was trying to keep the governor from believing.
- Acts 13:12 When the governor saw what had happened, he became a believer, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.
- Acts 18:12 But when Gallio became governor of Achaia, some Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him before the governor for judgment.
- Acts 19:38 “If Demetrius and the craftsmen have a case against them, the courts are in session and the officials can hear the case at once. Let them make formal charges.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.