ἐπιστάτης, ἐπιστατου, ὁ (ἐφίστημι), any sort of a superintendent or overseer (often so in secular writings, and several times in the Sept., as Exo_1:11; Exo_5:14; 1Ki_5:16; 2Ki_25:19; Jer_36:26 (); 2Ch_2:2; 2Ch_31:12); a master, used in this sense for ψΗαΔΜι by the disciples (cf. Luk_17:13) when addressing Jesus, who called him thus not from the fact that he was a teacher, but because of his authority (Bretschneider); found only in Luk_5:5; Luk_8:24; Luk_8:45; Luk_9:33; Luk_9:49; Luk_17:13.

ἐπιστάτης epistatēs 7x pr. one who stands by; one who is set over; in NT in voc., equivalent to διδάσκαλε , or ῥαββί , master, doctor, Luk_5:5 ; Luk_8:24 ; Luk_8:45 ; Luk_9:33 ; Luk_9:49 ; Luk_17:13

ἐπιστάτης , -ου , ό ( < ἐφίστημι ), [in LXX : 2Ki_25:19 , Jer_29:26 ; Jer_52:25 ( H6496 ), 2Ch_31:12 ( H5057 ), 2Ma_5:22 , etc.;] a chief, commander, master: Luk_5:5 ; Luk_8:24 ; Luk_8:45 ; Luk_9:33 ; Luk_9:49 ; Luk_17:13 ( cf. Dalman, Words , 336 ff .).†

ἐπιστάτης [page 245] ἐπιστάτης in its original sense of superintendent, overseer, is found in a number of different connexions, e.g. ἐ . εἰρήνης κώμης (P Oxy I. 64 .2 iii/iv A.D.), ἐ . τοῦ ἱεροῦ (P Par 26 .22 B.C. 163) and τῶν ἱερῶν (P Leid G .4 end of ii/B.C.), ἐ . τῆς πόλεως (BGU III. 1006 .6 iii/B.C.), ἐ . τῶν φυλακιτῶν (P Tebt I. 5 .159 B.C. 118). For further particulars regarding ἐ . τῆς κώμης , a local justice, see Archiv iv. p. 35 ff., and for ἐ . τοῦ ἱεροῦ Preisigke Prinz - Joachim - Ostr p. 60 ff., and for the word generally Preisigke Fachwφrter , p. 89 f. The verb ἐπιστατέω is found in P Oxy XII. 1413 .20 (A.D. 270 5). In connexion with the Lukan use of the subst. applied to Jesus instead of the Hebrew Ῥαββί in the sense of Master, Rouffiac ( Recherches , p. 56f.) refers to an ἐπιστάταν τῶν παίδων ( IG XII. 1, 43), apparently a sort of headmaster, and to τὸν ἐπιστά [την τὸ ]ν̣ τῶν̣ ἐφήβω̣ν̣, whose duty it was τ [ὰς ψυχ ]ὰς πρὸς ἀρετὴν καὶ πάθος ἀνθρώπινον προάγεσθαι ( Priene 112 .73 ff. after B.C. 84). He adds that the vocative was often used in the Greek gymnasia when the ephebi addressed their masters. See also Dalman Words of Jesus , p. 336.

ἐπιστάτης ἐπιστάτης, ου, [Etym: ἐφίσταμαι] "one who stands near or by, a suppliant", Od. in battle-order, "one's rear-rank man" (as παραστάτης is "the right- or left-hand man", προστάτης "the front-rank man)", Xen. "one who stands or is mounted upon" a chariot, c. gen., Soph. , Eur. "one who is set over, a commander", Trag. ; ἐπιστ. Κολωνοῦ, of a tutelary god, Soph. ; ἐπ. ἄθλων "president, steward" of the games, "a" training- "master", Xen. at Athens "the President" of the βουλή and ἐκκλησία, Aeschin. , Dem. "an overseer, superintendent", in charge of any public works, id=Dem. "the caldron" for the hot bath "which stood over" the fire, Ar.

ἐπιστάτης, -ου, ό (ἐφίστημι), [in LXX: 4Ki.25:19, Jer.29:26 52:25 (פָּקִיד), 2Ch.31:12 (נָגִיד), 2Ma.5:22, etc. ;] a chief, commander, master: Luk.5:5 8:24, 45 9:33, 49 17:13 (cf. Dalman, Words, 336 ff.).† (AS)