ἀνθύπατος, ἀνθυπάτου, ὁ (see the preceding word), proconsul: Act_13:7-8; Act_13:12; Act_18:12 L T Tr WH; Act_19:38. The emperor Augustus divided the Roman provinces into senatorial and imperial. The former were presided over by proconsuls; the latter were administered by legates of the emperor, sometimes called also propraetors. (Polybius, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Lucian, Plutarch, and often in Dio Cassius) (B. D. under the word ; Alex.'s Kitto under the word Province; especially Lightfoot in The Contemp. Rev. for 1878, p. 280f.)

ἀνθύπατος anthypatos 5x a proconsul, Act_13:7-8 ; Act_13:12 ; Act_19:38

ἀνθύπατος -ου , ὁ (ἀντί , ὕπατος , altern. for ὑπέρτατος ), supreme, a consul, one acting in place of a consul, a proconsul , the administrator of a senatorial province ( cf. ἡγεμών , and v. MM , VGT , 44): Act_13:7-8 ; Act_13:12 ; Act_18:12 ; Act_19:38 .†

ἀνθύπατος [page 44] Syll 656 .2 (ii/A.D.) presents Gaius Papillius Carus Pedo ἀνθύπατος replying to a resolution of the Ephesian Βουλή , who had referred him to his predecessors practice (τοὺς πρὸ ἐμ [οῦ ] κρατίστους ἀνθυπάτονς ). Ib. 316 .8 (ii/B.C.) has Q. Fabius Q. f. Maximus, ἀνθύπατος Ῥωμαίων , addressing the authorities of a town in Achaia. So passim , except in Egypt : since this country was governed by a prefect, we do not hear of proconsuls in the papyri.

ἀνθύπατος "a proconsul", Lat. pro consule, Polyb. , etc.

ἀνθύπατος -ου, ὁ (ἀντί, ὕπατος, altern. for ὑπέρτατος), supreme, a consul, one acting in place of a consul, a proconsul, the administrator of a senatorial province (cf. ἡγεμών, and see MM, VGT, 44): Act.13:7-8, 12 18:12 19:38.† (AS)