Noun epistatēs (master, superintendent) in the Bible

(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament and Brenton for the Septuagint with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Luke

5: 5Simon answered, "Master (epistatēs), we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets."
8: 24They went to him and woke him up, shouting, "Master (epistatēs), Master (epistatēs), we are perishing!" And he woke up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they ceased, and there was a calm.
8: 45Then Jesus asked, "Who touched me?" When all denied it, Peter said, "Master (epistatēs), the crowds surround you and press in on you."
9: 33Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master (epistatēs), it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" - not knowing what he said.
9: 49John answered, "Master (epistatēs), we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us."
17: 13they called out, saying, "Jesus, Master (epistatēs), have mercy on us!"

Exodus (LXX)

1: 11And he set over them masters (epistatēs) of tasks, who should afflict them in their works; and they built strong cities for Pharao, both Pitho, and Ramesses, and On, which is Heliopolis.
5: 14And the accountants of the race of the children of Israel, who were set over them by the masters (epistatēs) of Pharao, were scourged, [and questioned,] men saying, Why have ye not fulfilled your rates of brick-work as yesterday and the third day, to-day also?

1 Kings (LXX: 3 Kings)

9 (2(: 23 (35h)35h And these are the chief persons who presided over the works of Solomon; three thousand and six hundred masters (epistatēs) of the people that wrought the works.
5: 30besides the rulers that were appointed over the works of Solomon, there were three thousand six hundred masters (epistatēs) who wrought in the works.

2 Kings (LXX: 4 Kings)

25: 19 And they took out of the city one eunuch who was superintendent (epistatēs) of the men of war, and five men that saw the face of the king, that were found in the city, and the secretary of the commander-in-chief, who took account of the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the city.

2 Chronicles (LXX)

2: 1And Solomon gathered seventy thousand men that bore burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain, and there were three thousand six hundred superintendents (epistatēs) over them.
31: 12and they brought thither the first-fruits and the tithes faithfully: and Chonenias the Levite was superintendent (epistatēs) over them, and Semei his brother was next.

Jeremiah

29 (36): 26The Lord has made thee priest in the place of Jodae the priest, to be master (epistatēs) in the house of the Lord over every prophet, and to every madman, and thou shalt put them in prison, and into the dungeon.
52: 25and one eunuch, who was superintendent (epistatēs) over the men of war, and seven men of renown, who were in the king's presence, that were found in the city; and the scribe of the forces, who did the part of a scribe to the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city.

Judith

2: 14Then Holofernes went forth from the presence of his lord, and called all the governors and captains, and the superintendents (epistatēs) of the army of Assur;

1 Esdras (LXX: Esdras A)

1: 8And Helkias, Zacharias, and Syelus, the masters (epistatēs) of the temple, gave to the priests for the passover two thousand and six hundred sheep, and three hundred calves.

2 Maccabees

5: 22And he left superintendents (epistatēs) to vex the nation: at Jerusalem, Philip, for his country a Phrygian, and for manners more barbarous than he that set him there;