Quick Definition
ἐπίσημος, ον Adj notable, conspicuous
Strong's Definition
from 1909 and some form of the base of 4591; remarkable, i.e. (figuratively) eminent
KJV Usage: notable, of note
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | σημεῖον
28.31 · Know · Well Known, Clearly Shown, Revealed
outstanding, famous, notorious, infamous pertaining to being well known or outstanding, either because of positive or negative characteristics In ROM 16:7 the meaning of ‘outstanding’ may be rendered in some instances as ‘well known for being important,’ while ‘notorious’ in MAT 27:16 may be rendered in some languages as ‘well known for being bad.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπίσημος, -ov, (ojpaasign,mark); 1. prop. having a mark on it, marked, stamped, coined: ἀργύριον, χρυσός, (Hat., Thue., Xen., Polyb., Joseph.). 2. trop. marked (Lat. insignis). both in a good and bad sense ; in a good sense, of note, illustrious: Ro. xvi. 7 (Hdt. et sqq.-) ; in a bad sense, notorious, infamous: Mt. xxvii. 16 (Eur. Or. 249; Joseph. antt. 5,7, 1; Plut. Fab. Max. 14; al.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπίσημος episēmos 2x
pr. bearing a distinctive mark or device; noted, eminent, Rom. 16:7; notorious, Mt. 27:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπίσημος, -ον
(< σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: Ge 30:42 (קָשַׁר), Es 5:4 8:13, I Mac 11:37 14:48, II Mac 15:36, III Mac 6:1 * ;]
bearing a mark; of money, stamped, coined.
Metaph.,
in good sense, notable, illustrious: Ro 16:7;
in bad sense, notorious: Mt 27:16.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπίσημος (episēmos) — notable. ἐπί-σημος, Doric dialectἐπί-σᾱμος, ον, (σῆμἀ serving to distinguish, τοῖς δ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ ἄνθρωποι κατέθεντ᾽ ἐ. ἑκάστῳ [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. having a mark, inscription or device on it, especially of money, stamped, coined, χρυσὸς ἐ., opposed to ἄσημος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἀναθήματα οὐκ ἐ. offerings with no inscription on them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσπίδες ἐ., opposed to λεῖαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. of epileptic patients, bearing the marks of the disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of cattle, spotted or striped, [LXX]
II.3. notable, remarkable, μνῆμ᾽ ἐ. a speaking remembrance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐνή, λέχος, [Refs]; τάφος ἐπισημότατος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of garments, fine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and of persons, ἐ. σοφίην notable for wisdom, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in bad sense, conspicuous, notorious, ἐς τὸν ψόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δέσμιος ἐ. [NT+1st c.AD+]
II.4. significant, οὐκ ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. adverb -μως[LXX+2nd c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; -οτέρως [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 2nd c.AD+]