Epitropos means “steward” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2012 — hena in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2012 ἐπίτροπος (epitropos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epitropos (ep-it'-rop-os) n. 1. a commissioner, i.e. domestic manager, guardian [from G1909 and G5158 (in the sense of G2011)] It has 6 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include steward and tutors. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
epitropos (ep-it'-rop-os) n. 1. a commissioner, i.e. domestic manager, guardian [from G1909 and G5158 (in the sense of G2011)] KJV: steward, tutor Root(s): G1909, G5158 See also: G2011
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2012. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
manager
Usage: ἐπίτροπος, -ου, ὁ (ἐπιτρέπω), [in LXX: 2Ma.11:1 2Mac 13:2 2Mac 14:2 * ;] __1. an administrator, a steward: Mat.20:3, Luk.8:3. __2. a guardian (with genitive of person(s), 2Mac, ll. with): Gal.4:2.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render epitropos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2012 (ἐπίτροπος) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
3 indexed usages in New Testament.
So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Not long after this, Lysias the king’s protector and cousin, who also managed the affairs, took sore displeasure for the things that were done.
and with him Lysias his protector, and ruler of his affairs, having either of them a Grecian power of footmen, a hundred and ten thousand, and horsemen five thousand and three hundred, and elephants two and twenty, and three hundred chariots armed with hooks.
had taken the country, and killed Antiochus, and Lysias his protector.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2012.
So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Not long after this, Lysias the king’s protector and cousin, who also managed the affairs, took sore displeasure for the things that were done.
and with him Lysias his protector, and ruler of his affairs, having either of them a Grecian power of footmen, a hundred and ten thousand, and horsemen five thousand and three hundred, and elephants two and twenty, and three hundred chariots armed with hooks.
had taken the country, and killed Antiochus, and Lysias his protector.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2012, grouped by book.
Epitropos (Strong's G2012) is a Greek word most simply glossed "steward". epitropos (ep-it'-rop-os) n. 1. a commissioner, i.e. domestic manager, guardian [from G1909 and G5158 (in the sense of G2011)]
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's G2012 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2012 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as steward and tutors. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2012, with linked reader references where each row is available.