Word: epopthj

Pronounce: ep-op'-tace

Strongs Number: G2030

Orig: from 1909 and a presumed derivative of 3700; a looker-on:--eye-witness. G1909

Use: TDNT-5:373,706 Noun Masculine

Heb Strong:

1) an overseer, inspector
2) spectator, eye witness of anything

This was the name given to those who had attained to the third, i.e the highest grade of the Eleusinian mysteries; these were celebrated annually at Eleusis and Athens in ancient times, in memory of the abduction and return of Persephone and in honour of Demeter and Bacchus.