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Lexicon :: Strong's G1985 - episkopos

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ἐπίσκοπος
Transliteration
episkopos (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-is'-kop-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:608,244

Strong’s Definitions

ἐπίσκοπος epískopos, ep-is'-kop-os; from G1909 and G4649 (in the sense of G1983); a superintendent, i.e. Christian officer in genitive case charge of a (or the) church (literally or figuratively):—bishop, overseer.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G1985 in the following manner: bishop (6x), overseer (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G1985 in the following manner: bishop (6x), overseer (1x).

  1. an overseer

    1. a man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done by others are done rightly, any curator, guardian or superintendent

    2. the superintendent, elder, or overseer of a Christian church

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπίσκοπος epískopos, ep-is'-kop-os; from G1909 and G4649 (in the sense of G1983); a superintendent, i.e. Christian officer in genitive case charge of a (or the) church (literally or figuratively):—bishop, overseer.
STRONGS G1985:
ἐπίσκοπος, -ου, ὁ, (ἐπισκέπτομαι), an overseer, a man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done by others are done rightly, any curator, guardian, or superintendent; Sept. for פָּקִיד, Judges 9:28; Nehemiah 11:9, 14, 22; 2 Kings 11:15, etc.; 1 Macc. 1:51. The word has the same comprehensive sense in Greek writings from Homer Odys. 8, 163; Iliad 22, 255 down; hence, in the N. T. ἐπίσκ. τῶν ψυχῶν, guardian of souls, one who watches over their welfare: 1 Peter 2:25 ([τὸν παντὸς πνεύματος κτίστην κ. ἐπίσκοπον, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 59, 3]; ἀρχιερεὺς καὶ προστάτης τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χρ., ibid. 61, 3; [cf. Sir. 1:6]), cf. Hebrews 13:17. specifically, the superintendent, head or overseer of any Christian church; Vulg. episcopus: Acts 20:28; Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:7; see πρεσβύτερος, 2 b.; [and for the later use of the word, see Dictionary of Christian Antiquities under the word Bishop].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Judges
9:28
2 Kings
11:15
Nehemiah
11:9; 11:14; 11:22
Acts
20:28
Philippians
1:1
1 Timothy
3:2
Titus
1:7
Hebrews
13:17
1 Peter
2:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1985 matches the Greek ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 - Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is overseer—the oil of the light, and the incense of composition, and the daily meat-offering and the anointing oil, are his charge; even the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and all things that are in it in the holy place, in all the works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14 - And Moses was angry with the captains of the host, the heads of thousands and the heads of hundreds who came from the battle-array.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - And Gaal the son of Jobel said, Who is Abimelech, and who is the son of Sychem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerobaal, and is not Zebul his steward, his servant with the son of Emmor the father of Sychem? and why should we serve him?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:15 - And Jodae the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were over the host, and said to them, Bring her forth without the ranges, and he that goes in after her shall certainly die by the sword. For the priest said, Let her not however be slain in the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and tore it down, and completely broke in pieces his altars and his images, and they slew Mathan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest [fn]appointed overseers [fn]over the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:11 - (LXX 12:12) And they gave the money that had been [fn]collected into the hands of them that wrought the works, the overseers of the house of the Lord; and they gave it out to the carpenters and to the builders that wrought in the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:12 - And the men were faithfully engaged in the works: and over them were superintendents, Jeth and Abdias, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zacharias and Mosollam, of the sons of Caath, appointed to oversee; and every Levite, and every one that understood how to play on musical instruments.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:17 - And they have collected the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and given it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of them that do the work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:9 - And Joel son of Zechri was overseer over them: and Juda son of Asana was second in the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:14 - and his brethren, mighty men of war, a hundred and twenty-eight: and their overseer was Badiel son of one of the great men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:22 - And the overseer of the Levites was the son of Bani, son of Ozi, son of Asabia, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph the singers some were over the house of God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:29 - This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of his goods appointed him by the all-seeing God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:17 - And for brass I will bring thee gold, and for iron I will bring thee silver, and instead of wood I will bring thee brass, and instead of stones, iron; and I will make thy princes peaceable, and thine overseers righteous.
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