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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77165" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77165" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: '''''Ἐπί''''' ''' (Strong'S #1909 2849 | <div> '''1: '''''Ἐπί''''' ''' (Strong'S #1909 2849 — Preposition — ho epi tou koitonos — ep-ee' ) </div> <p> lit., "the (one) over the bedchamber" (epi, "over," koiton, "a bedchamber"), denotes "a chamberlain," an officer who had various duties in the houses of kings and nobles. The importance of the position is indicated by the fact that the people of [[Tyre]] and [[Sidon]] sought the favor of Herod Agrippa through the mediation of Blastus, Acts 12:20 . </p> Romans 16:23 | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50280" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50280" /> == | ||
