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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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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 - “Soon I will die,” Joseph told his brothers, “but God will surely come to help you and lead you out of this land of Egypt. He will bring you back to the land he solemnly promised to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:25 - Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath, and he said, “When God comes to help you and lead you back, you must take my bones with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:16 - “Now go and call together all the elders of Israel. Tell them, ‘The LORD, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me. He told me, “I have been watching closely, and I see how the Egyptians are treating you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:19 - Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear to do this. He said, “God will certainly come to help you. When he does, you must take my bones with you from this place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - “Whenever you take a census of the people of Israel, each man who is counted must pay a ransom for himself to the LORD. Then no plague will strike the people as you count them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20 - “If a man has sex with a slave girl whose freedom has never been purchased but who is committed to become another man’s wife, he must pay full compensation to her master. But since she is not a free woman, neither the man nor the woman will be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 - “Eleazar son of Aaron the priest will be responsible for the oil of the lampstand, the fragrant incense, the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil. In fact, Eleazar will be responsible for the entire Tabernacle and everything in it, including the sanctuary and its furnishings.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2 - Then the leaders of Israel—the tribal leaders who had registered the troops—came and brought their offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:29 - You will all drop dead in this wilderness! Because you complained against me, every one of you who is twenty years old or older and was included in the registration will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:29 - If these men die a natural death, or if nothing unusual happens, then the LORD has not sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:22 - These were the clans of Judah. Their registered troops numbered 76,500.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:43 - These were the Shuhamite clans of Dan. Their registered troops numbered 64,400.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:14 - “One should be kind to a fainting friend,
but you accuse me without any fear of the Almighty.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18 - For you examine us every morning
and test us every moment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:12 - You gave me life and showed me your unfailing love.
My life was preserved by your care.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 - The groans of the dying rise from the city,
and the wounded cry for help,
yet God ignores their moaning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:4 - When I was in my prime,
God’s friendship was felt in my home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:14 - how could I face God?
What could I say when he questioned me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:9 - He has even said, ‘Why waste time
trying to please God?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:8 - Let his years be few;
let someone else take his position.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:13 - The poor and the oppressor have this in common—
the LORD gives sight to the eyes of both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:3 - What will you do when I punish you,
when I send disaster upon you from a distant land?
To whom will you turn for help?
Where will your treasures be safe?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:17 - Yes, after seventy years the LORD will revive Tyre. But she will be no different than she was before. She will again be a prostitute to all kingdoms around the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:22 - They will be rounded up and put in prison.
They will be shut up in prison
and will finally be punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:6 - I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will act for you
with thunder and earthquake and great noise,
with whirlwind and storm and consuming fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 - Are they ashamed of their disgusting actions?
Not at all—they don’t even know how to blush!
Therefore, they will lie among the slaughtered.
They will be brought down when I punish them,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15 - Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies!
On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:22 - I will turn my eyes from them
as these robbers invade and defile my treasured land.
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