ἐπισκοπή
episkopḗ
“inspection (for relief); by implication, superintendence; specially, the Christian "episcopate"”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
inspection (for relief); by implication, superintendence; specially, the Christian "episcopate"
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
inspection, oversight, visitation; of God, visitation, interposition, whether in mercy or judgment, Lk. 19:44; 1 Pet. 2:12; the office of an ecclesiastical overseer, 1 Tim. 3:1; from the Hebrew, charge, function, Acts 1:20*
Translated in KJV as
the office of a "bishop"bishoprickvisitation
Etymology
from G1980 (ἐπισκέπτομαι);
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