πρωτοστάτης,
πρωτοστατου,
ὁ (
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
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