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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ἐπίτροπος

Strong’s: G2012

Associated OET lemmas: ἐπίτροπος

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: ἐπίτροπος; -ου

Related lemmas: τρέπω

Sense 1: foreman

Semantic entry: 37.86

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Rule, Govern

Definition: a person in charge of supervising workers

Notes: The term ‘foreman’ may be rendered as ‘one who commands the workers’ or ‘one who assigns work to the workers.’

MAT 20:8: RV MAT 20:8 · LV MAT 20:8 · Read together MAT 20:8

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OET-RV MAT 20:8

8 “In the evening, the landowner instructed his manager, ‘Call the workers and give them their wages, starting with the last to start work, and ending with the first.’

OET-LV MAT 20:8

8 And having_become evening, the master of_the vineyard is_saying to_the manager of_him:
Call the workers and give_back to_them the wage, having_begun from the last to the first.

LUK 8:3: RV LUK 8:3 · LV LUK 8:3 · Read together LUK 8:3

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OET-RV LUK 8:3

3 Yohanah (who’s Kuzas’s wife and one of King Herodes’s (Herod) managers), Shoshanah (Susanna), and many others, who used the group’s assets to look after their needs.

OET-LV LUK 8:3

3 and Yōanna wife of_Chusa a_manager of_Haʸrōdaʸs, and Susanna, and many others, who were_serving unto_them from the things possessing to_them.

Sense 2: guardian, leader, guide

Semantic entry: 36.5

Semantic domains: Guide, Discipline, Follow

Subdomains: Guide, Lead

Definition: a person who guides, directs, and shows concern for

Notes: It may be difficult to render appropriately ἐπίτροπος[b] and παιδαγωγός with a combined meaning of guiding and caring for. It may, in fact, be necessary in some instances to use two verbal expressions, for example, ‘to guide and to help’ or ‘to help by leading’ or ‘to care for by leading.’

GAL 4:2: RV GAL 4:2 · LV GAL 4:2 · Read together GAL 4:2

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OET-RV GAL 4:2

2 but he’s under guardians and managers until he reaches the age that his father specified.

OET-LV GAL 4:2

2 but he_is under guardians and managers, until the appointed_time by_his father.