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Lexicon :: Strong's G1984 - episkopē

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ἐπισκοπή
Transliteration
episkopē (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-is-kop-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:606,244

Strong’s Definitions

ἐπισκοπή episkopḗ, ep-is-kop-ay'; from G1980; inspection (for relief); by implication, superintendence; specially, the Christian "episcopate":—the office of a "bishop", bishoprick, visitation.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G1984 in the following manner: visitation (2x), bishoprick (1x), office of a bishop (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G1984 in the following manner: visitation (2x), bishoprick (1x), office of a bishop (1x).

  1. investigation, inspection, visitation

    1. that act by which God looks into and searches out the ways, deeds character, of men, in order to adjudge them their lot accordingly, whether joyous or sad

    2. oversight

      1. overseership, office, charge, the office of an elder

      2. the overseer or presiding officers of a Christian church

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπισκοπή episkopḗ, ep-is-kop-ay'; from G1980; inspection (for relief); by implication, superintendence; specially, the Christian "episcopate":—the office of a "bishop", bishoprick, visitation.
STRONGS G1984:
ἐπισκοπή, ἐπισκοπῆς, ἡ (ἐπισκοπέω), inspection, visitation (German Besichtigung);
a. properly: εἰς ἐπισκοπήν τοῦ παιδός, to visit the boy, Lucian, dial. deor. 20, 6; with this exception no example of the word in secular writings has yet been noted.
b. In biblical Greek, after the Hebrew פְּקֻדָּה, that act by which God looks into and searches out the ways, deeds, character, of men, in order to adjudge them their lot accordingly, whether joyous or sad; inspection, investigation, visitation (Vulg. usuallyvisitatio): so universally, ἐν ἐπισκοπή ψυχῶν, when he shall search the souls of men, i. e. in the time of divine judgment, Wis. 3:13; also ἐν ὥρα ἐπισκοπῆς, Sir. 18:20 (19); so perhaps ἐν ἡμέρα ἐπισκοπῆς, 1 Peter 2:12 (see below); in a good sense, of God's gracious care: τόν καιρόν τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς σου, i. e. τόν καιρόν ἐν ᾧ ἐπεσκέψατο σε ὁ Θεός, in which God showed himself gracious toward thee and offered thee salvation through Christ (see ἐπισκέπτομαι, b.), Luke 19:44; ἐν καιρῷ ἐπισκοπῆς, in the time of divine reward, 1 Peter 5:6 Lachmann; also, in the opinion of many commentators, 1 Peter 2:12 (others, associate this passage with Luke 19:44 above; cf. DeWette (edited by Brückner) or Huther at the passage); from the O. T. cf. Genesis 50:24; Job 34:9; Wis. 2:20 Wis. 3:7, etc. with a bad reference, of divine punishment: Exodus 3:16; Isaiah 10:3; Jeremiah 10:15; Wis. 14:11 Wis. 19:14 (15); (etc.; cf. Sophocles Lexicon, under the word).
c. after the analogy of the Hebrew פְּקֻדָּה (Numbers 4:16; 1 Chronicles 24:19 (here the Sept. ἐπίσκεψις), etc.), oversight i. e. overseership, office, charge; Vulg.episcopatus: Acts 1:20, from Psalm 108:8 (Ps. 109:8); specifically, the office of a bishop (the overseer or presiding officer of a Christian church): 1 Timothy 3:1, and in ecclesiastical writings
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
50:24
Exodus
3:16
Numbers
4:16
1 Chronicles
24:19
Job
34:9
Psalms
108:8; 109:8
Isaiah
10:3
Jeremiah
10:15
Luke
19:44; 19:44
Acts
1:20
1 Timothy
3:1
1 Peter
2:12; 2:12; 5:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1984 matches the Greek ἐπισκοπή (episkopē),
which occurs 30 times in 28 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:24 - Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely [fn]take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He [fn]promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:25 - Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely [fn]take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:16 - “Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “[fn]I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:19 - Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, “God will surely [fn]take care of you, and you shall carry my bones from here with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - “When you take a [fn]census of the sons of Israel [fn]to number them, then each one of them shall give a ransom for [fn]himself to the LORD, when you [fn]number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you [fn]number them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20 - ‘Now if a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave acquired for another man, but who has in no way been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment; they shall not, however, be put to death, because she was not free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 - “The responsibility of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the light and the fragrant incense and the continual grain offering and the anointing oil—the responsibility of all the [fn]tabernacle and of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2 - Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ households, made an offering (they were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who [fn]were over the [fn]numbered men).

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:29 - your corpses will fall in this wilderness, even all your [fn]numbered men, according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:29 - “If these men die [fn]the death of all men or [fn]if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:22 - These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them, 76,500.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:43 - All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were 64,400.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:14 - “For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not forsake the [fn]fear of the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18 - That You examine him every morning
And try him every moment?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:12 - ‘You have granted me life and lovingkindness;
And Your care has preserved my spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 - “From the city men groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not pay attention to folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:4 - As I was in [fn]the prime of my days,
When the [fn]friendship of God was over my tent;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:14 - What then could I do when God arises?
And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:9 - “For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
When he [fn]is pleased with God.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:8 - Let his days be few;
Let another take his office.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:13 - The poor man and the oppressor [fn]have this in common:
The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:3 - Now what will you do in the day of punishment,
And in the devastation which will come from afar?
To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your [fn]wealth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:17 - It will come about at the end of seventy years that the LORD will visit Tyre. Then she will go back to her harlot’s wages and will play the harlot with all the kingdoms [fn]on the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:22 - They will be gathered together
Like prisoners in the [fn]dungeon,
And will be confined in prison;
And after many days they will be punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:6 - From the LORD of hosts you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise,
With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 - “Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done?
They were not even ashamed at all;
They did not even know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time that I punish them,
They shall be cast down,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15 - They are worthless, a work of mockery;
In the time of their punishment they will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:22 - ‘I will also turn My face from them, and they will profane My secret place; then robbers will enter and profane it.
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