ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ, επισκοπησαντες
EPISKOPĒSANTES, episkopēsantes
Sounds Like: eh-pee-skoh-peh-SAN-tes
Translations: having looked upon, having overseen, having visited, having inspected, having cared for
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'episkopeō', which means to look upon, oversee, visit, inspect, or care for. As a participle, it describes an action that has already occurred, indicating that the subject has completed the act of looking upon or overseeing. It implies a careful, purposeful observation or supervision, often with the intent of providing care or guidance. It can be used to describe someone who has taken on a supervisory role or has performed an act of visitation or inspection.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G1985 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Shepherd of Hermas — 13:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΣΚΟΠΕΙ — was overseeing, was inspecting, was visiting, was looking after, was caring for
- ἘΠΕΣΚΟΠΕΙΤΟ — was being watched over, was being overseen, was being visited, was inspecting, was overseeing
- ἘΠΕΣΚΩΠΤΟΝ — they were overseeing, they were watching over, they were visiting, they were inspecting, they were caring for
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΕΙΝ — to look upon, to inspect, to oversee, to visit, to care for
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΕΙΤΑΙ — is watched over, is visited, is inspected, is overseen, is looked upon, is cared for
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΣΕΙ — will visit, will look upon, will oversee, will inspect, will care for
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — being overseen, being looked after, being visited, being inspected, being appointed
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΥΝΤΕΣ — looking carefully, overseeing, watching over, inspecting, examining, visiting, those who are looking carefully, while looking carefully
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΩ — to oversee, to inspect, to visit, to look after, to supervise
- ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΕΙΤΑΙ — is overseen, is visited, is inspected, is looked upon, is cared for
- ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΕΩ — oversee, inspect, look upon, visit, care for, look out for
- ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΥΝΤΕΣ — overseeing, looking over, inspecting, visiting, caring for, looking after
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