G4414
G4414 — πρωτοστάτης
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
protostates (pro-tos-tat'-ace) n.
1. one standing first in the ranks, i.e. a captain (champion)
[from G4413 and G2476]
KJV: ringleader
Root(s): G4413, G2476
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
ringleader
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πρωτοστάτης, 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, Act 24:1-27
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πρωτοστάτης (ringleader)
Acts 24:5
- KJV: For we have found this man pestilent and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes
- GK: ευρόντες γαρ τον άνδρα τούτον λοιμόν και κινούντα στάσιν πάσι τοις Ιουδαίοις τοις κατά την οικουμένην πρωτοστάτην τε της των Ναζωραίων αιρέσεως