G1978
G1978 — ἐπίσημος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
episemos (ep-is'-ay-mos) adj.
1. remarkable
2. (figuratively) eminent
[from G1909 and some form of the base of G4591]
KJV: notable, of note
Root(s): G1909, G4591
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
notable, of note
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπίσημος, ἐπίσημον (σῆμα a sign, mark);
1. properly, having a mark on it, marked, stamped, coined: ἀργύριον, χρυσός (Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, Josephus).
2. tropically, marked (Latininsignis), both in a good and bad sense; in a good sense, of note, illustrious: Rom 16:7 (Herodotus and following); in a bad sense, notorious, infamous: Mat 27:16 (Euripides, Or. 249; Josephus, Antiquities 5, 7, 1; Plutarch, Fab. Max. 14; others).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπίσημος (notable)
Matthew 27:16
- KJV: And they had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas
- GK: είχον δε τότε δέσμιον επίσημον λεγόμενον Βαραββάν
Romans 16:7
- KJV: Salute Andronicus and Junia my kinsmen and my fellowprisoners who are of note among the apostles who also were in Christ before me
- GK: ασπάσασθε Ανδρόνικον και Ιουνίαν τους συγγενείς μου και συναιχμαλώτους μου οίτινές εισιν επίσημοι εν τοις αποστόλοις οι και προ εμού γεγόνασιν εν χριστώ