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ἐπίσκοπος

episkoposoverseerHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine5 occurrences5 books5 verses

Definition

ἐπί-σκοπος, -ου, ὁ

(σκοπός, a watcher), [in LXX for פָּקַד, its parts and derivatives, Numbers 4:16; 31:14, Judges 9:28, 2 Kings 11:15; 11:18, 2 Chronicles 34:12; 34:17, Nehemiah 11:9, 14; 11:22; אֵל, Job 20:29; נָגַשׂ:, Isaiah 60:17; Wis.1.6, 1Ma.1.51 * ;]

a superintendent, guardian, overseer (cl.; for exx. see LS, see word): Acts 20:28, 1 Peter 2:25 (ICC, in l); as technical term for a religious office (Deiss., BS, 230 f.), in later Paul. epp. of the head of a church (Vg. episcopus), a bishop: Philippians 1:1, 1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:7 (see reff. see word ἐπισκοπή).

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

5 total
  1. Acts 20:28ἐπισκόπους · overseers
    Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
  2. Philippians 1:1ἐπισκόποις · [the] overseers
    Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:
  3. 1 Timothy 3:2ἐπίσκοπον · overseer
    An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
  4. Titus 1:7ἐπίσκοπον · an overseer
    As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
  5. 1 Peter 2:25Ἐπίσκοπον · Overseer
    For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.