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).

ἐπίσημος episēmos 2x pr. bearing a distinctive mark or device; noted, eminent, Rom_16:7 ; notorious, Mat_27:16

ἐπίσημος , -ον ( < σῆμα , a mark), [in LXX : Gen_30:42 ( H7194 ), Ezr_5:4 ; Ezr_8:13 , 1Ma_11:37 ; 1Ma_14:48 , 2Ma_15:36 , 3Ma_6:1 * ;] 1. bearing a mark; of money, stamped, coined. 2. Metaph ., (a) in good sense, notable, illustrious: Rom_16:7 ; (b) in bad sense, notorious: Mat_27:16 .†

ἐπίσημος [page 243] In P Petr III. 73 .9 we hear of a shop οὗ [ἐ ]πίσημον Ν̄ , on which is the number 50 (Edd.) : cf. BGU IV. 1132 .10 (B.C. 16) γύου ς̄ ἐπισήμου , a district with the number 6, and Syll 588 .3 ( c. B.C. 180) δακτύλιον . . ἔχοντα ἐπίσημον Ἀπόλλωνα . The adj. is common in connexion with money, e.g. P Ryl II. 160( c ) ii. 18 (A.D. 32) ἔχο ( l. ἔχω ) τὰς τοῦ ἀργυρίου ἐπισήμου καιφαλέον ( l. αίου ) νομίσματο̣ς̣ δραχμὰς ἑκατόν , I have received the capital sum of 100 drachmae of coined silver (Edd.), ib. 154 .5 (A.D. 66), P Hamb I. 2 .14 (A.D. 59) ἀργύριον ἐπίσημον δόκιμον ἀρεστὸν ἀνυπόλογον παντὸς ὑπ [ο ]λόγου , P Tebt II. 392 .23 (A.D. 134 5). For the metaphorical use, which alone is found in the NT, cf. Michel 544 .25 (B.C. 114) ἐπίσημον τὴν ἑαυτοῦ [ἀρετ ]ὴν κατέστησεν , BGU IV. 1086 ii. 4 (A.D. 160 or 183 or 215) ταύτης μου [τῆς ἐπιστ ]ολῆς τὸ ἀντίγραφον δημοσίᾳ ἔν τε [ταῖς μητροπόλεσι καὶ ἐν τοῖς ] ἐπισήμοις τ [ῶν νο ]μῶν τόποις προθεῖναι φροντίσατε , and P Ryl II. 153 .5 (A.D. 138 61), a will in which the testator makes provision for a ceremony to be performed at his grave ἐ̣ν̣ ταῖς ἐπ̣[ισ ]η̣μοις τοῦ ὄρους ἡμέραις , on the high days of the cemeteries (Edd.); similarly the Will of Abraham, Bishop of Hermonthis, about the end of vi/A.D., P Lond 77 .58 (= I. p. 234, Chrest. II. p. 372 ), where reference is made to τὰς τοῦ θανάτου ἐπισήμους ἡμέρας in connexion with the rites accompanying mummification and interment, see P Lips I. 30 Intr., and cf. LXX Est_5:4 , Est. 8:18 [MT. Est_8:17 ]. In MGr ἐπίσημος = official.

ἐπίσημος ἐπί-σημος, ον [Etym: σῆμα] "having a mark on" it, of money, "stamped, coined", Hdt. , Thuc. , etc.; ἀναθήματα οὐκ ἐπ. offerings "with" no "inscription on them", Hdt. "notable, remarkable", Lat. insignis, id=Hdt. , attic: in bad sense, "notorious", Eur.

ἐπίσημος, -ον (σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: Gen.30:42 (קָשַׁר), Est.5:4 8:13, 1Ma.11:37 1Mac 14:48, 2Ma.15:36, 3Ma.6:1 * ;] __1. bearing a mark; of money, stamped, coined. __2. Metaphorical, __(a) in good sense, notable, illustrious: Rom.16:7; __(b) in bad sense, notorious: Mat.27:16.† (AS)