Strong's G1978: ἐπίσημος (epísēmos) Meaning

Quick Definition

ἐπίσημος, ον Adj notable, conspicuous

Strong's Definition

remarkable, i.e. (figuratively) eminent

Derivation: from G1909 (ἐπί) and some form of the base of G4591 (σημαίνω);

KJV Usage: notable, of note

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐπίσημος (G1978)

adjc. | -ον | σημεῖον

28.31 · Know · Well Known, Clearly Shown, Revealed

outstanding, famous, notorious, infamous pertaining to being well known or outstanding, either because of positive or negative characteristics In ROM 16:7 the meaning of ‘outstanding’ may be rendered in some instances as ‘well known for being important,’ while ‘notorious’ in MAT 27:16 may be rendered in some languages as ‘well known for being bad.’

MAT 27:16 · ROM 16:7

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐπίσημος, -ov, (ojpaasign,mark); 1. prop. having a mark on it, marked, stamped, coined: ἀργύριον, χρυσός, (Hat., Thue., Xen., Polyb., Joseph.). 2. trop. marked (Lat. insignis). both in a good and bad sense ; in a good sense, of note, illustrious: Ro. xvi. 7 (Hdt. et sqq.-) ; in a bad sense, notorious, infamous: Mt. xxvii. 16 (Eur. Or. 249; Joseph. antt. 5,7, 1; Plut. Fab. Max. 14; al.).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐπίσημος episēmos 2x

pr. bearing a distinctive mark or device; noted, eminent, Rom. 16:7; notorious, Mt. 27:16*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐπίσημος, -ον

(< σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: Ge 30:42 (קָשַׁר), Es 5:4 8:13, I Mac 11:37 14:48, II Mac 15:36, III Mac 6:1 * ;]

bearing a mark; of money, stamped, coined.

Metaph.,

in good sense, notable, illustrious: Ro 16:7;

in bad sense, notorious: Mt 27:16.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐπίσημος [page 243] In P Petr III. 73 .9 we hear of a shop οὗ [ἐ ]πίσημον Ν̄ , on which is the number 50 (Edd.) : cf. BGU IV. 1132 .10 (B.C. 16) γύου ς̄ ἐπισήμου , a district with the number 6, and Syll 588 .3 ( c. B.C. 180) δακτύλιον . . ἔχοντα ἐπίσημον Ἀπόλλωνα . The adj. is common in connexion with money, e.g. P Ryl II. 160( c ) ii. 18 (A.D. 32) ἔχο ( l. ἔχω ) τὰς τοῦ ἀργυρίου ἐπισήμου καιφαλέον ( l. αίου ) νομίσματο̣ς̣ δραχμὰς ἑκατόν , I have received the capital sum of 100 drachmae of coined silver (Edd.), ib. 154 .5 (A.D. 66), P Hamb I. 2 .14 (A.D. 59) ἀργύριον ἐπίσημον δόκιμον ἀρεστὸν ἀνυπόλογον παντὸς ὑπ [ο ]λόγου , P Tebt II. 392 .23 (A.D. 134 5). For the metaphorical use, which alone is found in the NT, cf. Michel 544 .25 (B.C. 114) ἐπίσημον τὴν ἑαυτοῦ [ἀρετ ]ὴν κατέστησεν , BGU IV. 1086 ii. 4 (A.D. 160 or 183 or 215) ταύτης μου [τῆς ἐπιστ ]ολῆς τὸ ἀντίγραφον δημοσίᾳ ἔν τε [ταῖς μητροπόλεσι καὶ ἐν τοῖς ] ἐπισήμοις τ [ῶν νο ]μῶν τόποις προθεῖναι φροντίσατε , and P Ryl II. 153 .5 (A.D. 138 61), a will in which the testator makes provision for a ceremony to be performed at his grave ἐ̣ν̣ ταῖς ἐπ̣[ισ ]η̣μοις τοῦ ὄρους ἡμέραις , on the high days of the cemeteries (Edd.); similarly the Will of Abraham, Bishop of Hermonthis, about the end of vi/A.D., P Lond 77 .58 (= I. p. 234, Chrest. II. p. 372 ), where reference is made to τὰς τοῦ θανάτου ἐπισήμους ἡμέρας in connexion with the rites accompanying mummification and interment, see P Lips I. 30 Intr., and cf. LXX Est_5:4 , Est. 8:18 [MT. Est_8:17 ]. In MGr ἐπίσημος = official.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐπίσημος (episēmos) — notable. ἐπί-σημος, Doric dialectἐπί-σᾱμος, ον, (σῆμἀ serving to distinguish, τοῖς δ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ ἄνθρωποι κατέθεντ᾽ ἐ. ἑκάστῳ [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. having a mark, inscription or device on it, especially of money, stamped, coined, χρυσὸς ἐ., opposed to ἄσημος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἀναθήματα οὐκ ἐ. offerings with no inscription on them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσπίδες ἐ., opposed to λεῖαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.2. of epileptic patients, bearing the marks of the disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of cattle, spotted or striped, [LXX]

II.3. notable, remarkable, μνῆμ᾽ ἐ. a speaking remembrance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐνή, λέχος, [Refs]; τάφος ἐπισημότατος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of garments, fine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and of persons, ἐ. σοφίην notable for wisdom, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in bad sense, conspicuous, notorious, ἐς τὸν ψόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δέσμιος ἐ. [NT+1st c.AD+]

II.4. significant, οὐκ ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III. adverb -μως[LXX+2nd c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; -οτέρως [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 2nd c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἐπίσημος, -ον (σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: Gen.30:42 (קָשַׁר), Est.5:4 8:13, 1Ma.11:37 1Mac 14:48, 2Ma.15:36, 3Ma.6:1 * ;] __1. bearing a mark; of money, stamped, coined. __2. Metaphorical, __(a) in good sense, notable, illustrious: Rom.16:7; __(b) in bad sense, notorious: Mat.27:16.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

27:16

16:7

G1978 ἐπίσημος (epísēmos)