Lexical 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 |
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