G1985Greekἐpískopon

ἐπίσκοπον

a superintendent, i.e., christian officer in genitive case charge of a (or the) church (literally or figuratively)

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Total Occurrences
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Books
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Old Testament
5
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1an overseer
  • 2a man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done by others are done rightly, any curator, guardian or superintendent
  • 3the superintendent, elder, or overseer of a christian church

Etymology & Derivation

from g1909 and g4649 (in the sense of g1983)