ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΣ, επισκοπης
EPISKOPĒS, episkopēs
Sounds Like: ep-is-ko-PES
Translations: (of) oversight, (of) visitation, (of) superintendence, (of) the office of overseer, (of) bishopric
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of overseeing, supervising, or visiting, often with the purpose of inspection or care. It can also denote the position or office of an overseer, supervisor, or bishop. In a religious context, it frequently refers to the office of a bishop or the act of divine visitation.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1984 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Wisdom — 3:7
- Sirach — 18:20
- Isaiah — 10:3
- Jeremiah — 6:15, 10:15
- Luke — 19:44
- 1 Timothy — 3:1
- 1 Peter — 2:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΗΣ — (of) oversight, (of) supervision, (of) visitation, (of) office, (of) bishopric
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΗ — visitation, a visitation, oversight, supervision, an oversight, an office, an office of overseer, an inspection, an inspection, a position of authority
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΝ — visitation, a visitation, oversight, supervision, office, a divine visitation, inspection
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΣ — of visitation, of oversight, of superintendence, of a bishopric, of an office of overseer
- ΕΠΙΣΚΟΗ — visitation, a visitation, oversight, supervision, office, an office, position, an inspection, an inspection, a charge, a charge
- ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗ — visitation, oversight, office, position, superintendence, a visitation
- ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΝ — visitation, a visitation, oversight, superintendence, office, an office
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