Lexical Summary anthypatos: a consul, proconsul Original Word: ἀνθύπατοςTransliteration: anthypatos Phonetic Spelling: (anth-oo'-pat-os) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a consul, proconsul Meaning: a consul, proconsul Strong's Concordance deputy, proconsul.From anti and a superlative of huper; instead of the highest officer, i.e. (specially) a Roman proconsul -- deputy. see GREEK anti see GREEK huper Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 446: ἀνθύπατοςἀνθύπατος, ἀνθυπάτου, ὁ (see the preceding word), proconsul: Acts 13:7, 8, 12; Acts 18:12 L T Tr WH; Acts 19:38. The emperor Augustus divided the Roman provinces into senatorial and imperial. The former were presided over by proconsuls; the latter were administered by legates of the emperor, sometimes called also propraetors. (Polybius, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Lucian, Plutarch, and often in Dio Cassius) (B. D. under the word |
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