epoptes <2030>
epopthv epoptes
| Pronunciation: | ep-op'-tace |
| Origin: | from 1909 and a presumed derivative of 3700 |
| Reference: | TDNT - 5:373,706 |
| PrtSpch: | n m |
| In Greek: | epoptai 1 |
| In NET: | eyewitnesses 1 |
| In AV: | eyewitness 1 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Definition: | 1) an overseer, inspector 2) spectator, eye witness of anything This was the name given to those who had attained to the third, i.e the highest grade of the Eleusinian mysteries; these were celebrated annually at Eleusis and Athens in ancient times, in memory of the abduction and return of Persephone and in honour of Demeter and Bacchus. from 1909 and a presumed derivative of 3700; a looker-on:-eye-witness. see GREEK for 1909 see GREEK for 3700 |
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