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GreekG0446Noun (Masculine)

ἀνθύπατος

anthupatos

5Occurrences
G0446Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

instead of the highest officer, i.e. (specially) a Roman proconsul

from G473 (ἀντί) and a superlative of G5228 (ὑπέρ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
supreme, a consul, one acting in place of a consul, a proconsul, the administrator of a senatorial province .

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

ἀνθύπατος appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
5

Key Passages

Acts 13:7BSB

an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

Acts 13:8BSB

But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

Acts 13:12BSB

When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.

Acts 18:12BSB

While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.

Acts 19:38BSB

So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.