ἘΠΙΣΚὈΠΟΥ, ἐπισκὀπου
EPISKOPOU, episkopou
Sounds Like: ep-is-KO-poo
Translations: of a bishop, of an overseer, of a superintendent
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive singular form of 'episkopos', meaning 'overseer' or 'bishop'. It is a compound word derived from 'epi' (upon, over) and 'skopos' (watcher, one who looks). It refers to someone who watches over or supervises, often in an ecclesiastical context, such as a bishop in the early Christian church. It is used to indicate possession or relationship, for example, 'the authority of the bishop' or 'belonging to the overseer'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1985 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 3:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΙ — overseers, supervisors, superintendents, bishops
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΙΠ — overseers, bishops
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΙΣ — to overseers, to bishops, to superintendents, to guardians, to inspectors
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΝ — overseer, a bishop, a superintendent
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΟΥ — of an overseer, of a bishop, of a superintendent
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ — overseer, a bishop, superintendent, guardian
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΥΣ — overseers, bishops, superintendents
- ἘΠΙΣΟΠΟΝ — a bishop, overseer, superintendent
- ἘΠΙΣΠΟΠΟΥ — of a bishop, of a superintendent, of an overseer
- ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΙ — overseers, bishops
- ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΙΣ — to overseers, to bishops, to superintendents, to guardians, for overseers, for bishops, for superintendents, for guardians
- ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΝ — overseer, a bishop, superintendent
- ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ — overseer, a overseer, bishop, a bishop, superintendent, a superintendent
- ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΥ — of overseer, of bishop, of superintendent
- ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΥΣ — bishops, overseers, superintendents
- ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΩΝ — of overseers, of bishops
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