Difference between revisions of "Ringleader"
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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78992" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78992" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Πρωτοστάτης''''' ''' (Strong'S #4414 — Noun Masculine — protostates — pro-tos-tat'-ace ) </div> <p> "one who stands first" (protos, "first," histemi, "to cause to stand"), was used of soldiers, one who stands in the front rank; hence, metaphorically, "a leader," Acts 24:5 . </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_168722" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_168722" /> == | ||
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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62688" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62688" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> RING'LEADER, n. ring and leader. The leader of any association of men engaged in violating of law or an illegal enterprise, as rioters, mutineers and the like. this name is derived from the practice which men associating to oppose law have sometimes adopted, of signing their names to articles of agreement in a ring, that no one of their number might be distinguished as the leader. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7514" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7514" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' ring´lēd ''''' - ''''' ẽr ''''' : In Acts 24:5 the translation of πρωτοστάτης , <i> '''''prōtostátēs''''' </i> , "one who stands first." Not an opprobrious word in the Greek. </p> | <p> ''''' ring´lēd ''''' - ''''' ẽr ''''' : In Acts 24:5 the translation of πρωτοστάτης , <i> ''''' prōtostátēs ''''' </i> , "one who stands first." Not an opprobrious word in the Greek. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:58, 14 October 2021
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"one who stands first" (protos, "first," histemi, "to cause to stand"), was used of soldiers, one who stands in the front rank; hence, metaphorically, "a leader," Acts 24:5 .
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals.
(2): ( n.) Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as rioters, mutineers, or the like.
King James Dictionary [3]
RING'LEADER, n. ring and leader. The leader of any association of men engaged in violating of law or an illegal enterprise, as rioters, mutineers and the like. this name is derived from the practice which men associating to oppose law have sometimes adopted, of signing their names to articles of agreement in a ring, that no one of their number might be distinguished as the leader.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
ring´lēd - ẽr : In Acts 24:5 the translation of πρωτοστάτης , prōtostátēs , "one who stands first." Not an opprobrious word in the Greek.
