STRONGS NUMBER G4414


Word Summary
prōtostatēs: one who stands first (of soldiers), a leader
Original Word: πρωτοστάτης
Transliteration: prōtostatēs
Phonetic Spelling: (pro-tos-tat'-ace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: one who stands first (of soldiers), a leader
Meaning: one who stands first (of soldiers), a leader
Strong's Concordance
ringleader.

From protos and histemi; one standing first in the ranks, i.e. A captain (champion) -- ringleader.

see GREEK protos

see GREEK histemi

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4414: πρωτοστάτης

πρωτοστάτης, πρωτοστατου, (πρῶτος and ἵστημι), properly, one who stands in the front rank, a front-rank man, (Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, Diodorus, Dionysius Halicarnassus, others; ὥσπερ στρατηγός πρωτοστάτης, Job 15:24); hence, a leader, chief, champion: tropically, (A. V. a ringleader) τῆς αἱρέσεως, Acts 24