Definition

an appointee over, i.e. commander (teacher)

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and a presumed derivative of G2476 (ἵστημι);

Word family

• ἐπί epí
• ἵστημι hístēmi

How the KJV renders it

• master

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.