ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ, ἐπισκοπος
EPISKOPOS, episkopos
Sounds Like: ep-is-KOP-os
Translations: overseer, a bishop, superintendent, guardian
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an overseer, a superintendent, or a guardian. In a religious context, it often denotes a bishop or an elder who has oversight of a church or community. It is a compound word formed from 'ἐπί' (epi), meaning 'over' or 'upon,' and 'σκοπέω' (skopeō), meaning 'to look' or 'to watch.' Thus, it literally means 'one who looks over' or 'one who watches over.'
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1985 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 6:21
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 8:2
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 4:1
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 1:1
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 16:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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.
- ἘΠΙΣΚὈΠΟΥ — of a bishop, of an overseer, of a superintendent
- 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
- 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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