Original: ἐπίτροπος

Transliteration: epítropos

Phonetic: ep-it'-rop-os

Short Definition: Steward

- Original: ἐπίτροπος

- Transliteration: Epitropos

- Phonetic: ep-it'-rop-os

- Definition:

1. one to whose care or honour anything has been instructed

a. a curator, a guardian

b. a steward or manager of a household, or of lands

1. overseer

c. one who has the care and tutelage of children, either where the father is dead (a guardian of minors), or where the father is still alive

- Origin: from G1909 and G5158 (in the sense of G2011)

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From G1909 and G5158 (in the sense of G2011); a commissioner that is domestic manager guardian: - steward tutor.