ἐπί-σκοπος, -ου, ὁ (σκοπός, a watcher), [in LXX for פָּקַד, its parts and derivatives, Num.4:16 31:14, Jdg.9:28, 4Ki.11:15 11:18, 2Ch.34:12 34:17, Neh.11:9, 14 11:22; אֵל, Job.20:29; נָגַשׂ:, Isa.60:17; Wis.1:6, 1Ma.1:51 * ;] a superintendent, guardian, overseer (cl.; for exx. see LS, see word): Act.20:28, 1Pe.2:25 (ICC, in l); as technical term for a religious office (Deiss., BS, 230 f.), in later Paul. epp. of the head of a church (Vg. episcopus), a bishop: Php.1:1, 1Ti.3:2, Tit.1:7 (see reff. see word ἐπισκοπή).† (AS)
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G1985 — ἐπίσκοπος
episkopos · overseer · Greek
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Acts 20:28 · ἐπισκόπους,Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.Philippians 1:1 · ἐπισκόποιςPaul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:1 Timothy 3:2 · ἐπίσκοπονThe overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;Titus 1:7 · ἐπίσκοπονFor the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;1 Peter 2:25 · ἐπίσκοπονFor you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.