ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ, ἐπισκοπησαντες
EPISKOPĒSANTES, episkopēsantes
Sounds Like: ep-is-ko-PAY-san-tes
Translations: having looked upon, having visited, having inspected, having overseen, having cared for
From the root: ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle, meaning 'having looked upon' or 'having visited'. It describes an action completed in the past by the subject. It can also imply inspecting, overseeing, or caring for something or someone.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G1980 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:51
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 5:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΜΕΝΩ — (to) having been overseen, (to) having been visited, (to) having been appointed as overseer
- ἘΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΥΝΤΑ — looking over, inspecting, overseeing, visiting, supervising
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