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ἐπίσημοςStrong’s G1978

episēmos

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Episēmos is the Greek word usually translated “notable” and “note”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.”
Matthew 27:16 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “notable” and “note”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • notable 1
  • of note 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1
  • Romans 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἐπίσημος episēmos · notable

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)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “notable” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

NOT'ABLE, adjective

[Latin known; to know.]

  1. Remarkable; worthy of notice; memorable; observable; distinguished or noted.
  2. Active; industrious; careful; as a notable woman.
  3. In Scripture, conspicuous; sightly; as a notable horn. Daniel 8:5
  4. Notorious. Matthew 27:16
All definitions and other forms of “notable”
  1. Terrible. Acts 2:20
  2. Known or apparent. Acts 4:16

NOT'ABLE, noun

  1. In France, the nobles or persons of rank and distinction were formerly called notables.
  2. A thing worthy of observation.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.