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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 4 times in 4 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:44 - ad terram prosternent te et filios qui in te sunt et non relinquent in te lapidem super lapidem eo quod non cognoveris tempus visitationis tuae

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:20 - scriptum est enim in libro Psalmorum fiat commoratio eius deserta et non sit qui inhabitet in ea et episcopatum eius accipiat alius

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:1 - fidelis sermo si quis episcopatum desiderat bonum opus desiderat

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:12 - conversationem vestram inter gentes habentes bonam ut in eo quod detractant de vobis tamquam de malefactoribus ex bonis operibus considerantes glorificent Deum in die visitationis
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