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1985 – ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos)

bishop


Type:
Noun
mask. ♂
Greek: ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos)
Pronunciation: ep-is-kop-os
Gematria: 541(5 + 80 + 10 + 200 + 20 + 70 + 80 + 70 + 6)    words with the same gematria
Origin: From G1909 and G4649 (in the sense of G1983)
Usage: 5 times in NA, 7 times in TR     

Description

  1. An overseer.
    1. A man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done by others are done rightly, any curator, guardian or superintendent.
    2. The superintendent, elder, or overseer of a Christian church.


Origin

From G1909 and G4649 (in the sense of G1983):

ἐπίepiG1909on
σκοπόςskoposG4649mark

Word root

Word with episkopos as root:

ἀλλοτριεπίσκοποςallotriepiskoposG0244a busybody in other men's matters

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into episkopos :

אֵלelH0410God, god, power
נָגַשׂnagasH5065to oppress
פָּקַדpaqadH6485ato reckon

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
acc. pl. ♂ accusative plural masculine
N-APM-1
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
N-ASM-3
Noun Noun
dative pl. ♂ dative plural masculine
N-DPM-1


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Usage in NT


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Total    5

References (5 occurances in 5 verses)




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