Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
patroness
Usage: προστάτις, -ιδος, ἡ (fem, of προοτάτης), a patroness, protectress: Rom.16:2.† (AS)
Prostatis means “succourer” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4368 — mekonah in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4368 προστάτις (prostatis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. prostatis (pros-tat'-is) n. 1. a patroness, i.e. assistant [feminine of a derivative of G4291] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include succourer. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
prostatis (pros-tat'-is) n. 1. a patroness, i.e. assistant [feminine of a derivative of G4291] KJV: succourer Root(s): G4291
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patroness
Usage: προστάτις, -ιδος, ἡ (fem, of προοτάτης), a patroness, protectress: Rom.16:2.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render prostatis, 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. 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.
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.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's G4368.
That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4368, grouped by book.
Prostatis (Strong's G4368) is a Greek word most simply glossed "succourer". prostatis (pros-tat'-is) n. 1. a patroness, i.e. assistant [feminine of a derivative of G4291]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's G4368 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4368 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as succourer. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.