Strong's Number G446

ἀνθύπατος

anthupatos · anth-oo'-pat-os

Transliteration:

anthupatos{anth-oo'-pat-os}

Word Origin:

from 473 and a superlative of 5228

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

deputy 4

Total: 4
Occurs 5 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

a proconsul
1. the emperor Augustus divided the Roman provinces into senatorial and imperial. The former were governed by proconsuls; the later by legates of the emperor, sometimes called propraetors