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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 BoxGen 50:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:24 - And Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die; but God will visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:25 - Then Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel, saying, "God will visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 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, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:19 - And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for Joseph had solemnly sworn the people of Israel, saying, "God will visit you; then you must carry my bones with you from here."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - "When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give a ransom for himself to the LORD when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20 - "If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave, betrothed to another man and not yet ransomed or given her freedom, an inquiry shall be held. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 - "And Elea'zar the son of Aaron the priest shall have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the continual cereal offering, and the anointing oil, with the oversight of all the tabernacle and all that is in it, of the sanctuary and its vessels."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2 - the leaders of Israel, heads of their fathers' houses, the leaders of the tribes, who were over those who were numbered,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:29 - your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and of all your number, numbered from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:29 - If these men die the common death of all men, or if they are visited by the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:22 - These are the families of Judah according to their number, seventy-six thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:43 - All the families of the Shu'hamites, according to their number, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:14 - "He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18 - dost visit him every morning, and test him every moment?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:12 - Thou hast granted me life and steadfast love; and thy care has preserved my spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 - From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God pays no attention to their prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:4 - as I was in my autumn days, when the friendship of God was upon my tent;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:14 - what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:9 - For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should take delight in God.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:8 - May his days be few; may another seize his goods!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:13 - The poor man and the oppressor meet together; the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:3 - What will you do on the day of punishment, in the storm which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:17 - At the end of seventy years, the LORD will visit Tyre, and she will return to her hire, and will play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:22 - They will be gathered together as prisoners in a pit; they will be shut up in a prison, and after many days they will be punished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:6 - you will be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 - Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15 - They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:22 - I will turn my face from them, that they may profane my precious place; robbers shall enter and profane it,
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