ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΗ, ἐπισκοπη
EPISKOPĒ, episkopē
Sounds Like: ep-is-ko-PEH
Translations: visitation, a visitation, oversight, supervision, an oversight, an office, an office of overseer, an inspection, an inspection, a position of authority
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an act of visiting, inspecting, or overseeing. It can denote a divine visitation, a human inspection, or the office or position of an overseer or bishop. It implies a watchful care or supervision, often with the purpose of providing help or judgment.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Accusative, or Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1984 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 50:3
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 8:3
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 50:24, 50:25
- Exodus — 3:16, 13:19, 30:12
- Leviticus — 19:20
- Numbers — 1:21, 4:16, 14:29, 16:29
- Psalms of Solomon — 10:5, 11:2, 11:7
- Job — 6:14, 10:12, 34:9
- Wisdom — 2:20, 3:13, 4:15, 14:11, 19:15
- Sirach — 16:18, 23:24, 31:6
- Isaiah — 24:22, 29:6
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
- 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
- ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΣ — (of) oversight, (of) visitation, (of) superintendence, (of) the office of overseer, (of) bishopric
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