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—Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)
1) an overseer
1a) a man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done
by others are done rightly, any curator, guardian or
superintendent
1b) the superintendent, elder, or overseer of a Christian church
—Thayer's (New Testament Greek-English Lexicon)
From G1909 and G4649 (in the sense of G1983); a superintendent, that is, Christian officer in general charge of a (or the) church (literally or figuratively):—bishop, overseer.
—Strong's (Greek Dictionary of the New Testament)
- #1985.
- ε᾿πι´σκοπος
- episkopos; from 1909 and 4649; a superintendent, an overseer:—
- NASB - guardian(1), overseer(2), overseers(2).
—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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AV - bishop 6, overseer 1; 7
- bishop
- 1 Timothy 3:2. 2 Timothy 4:22. Titus 1:7; 3:15. 1 Peter 2:25.
- bishops
- Philippians 1:1.
- overseers
- Acts 20:28.
—Exhaustive Concordance (KJV Translation Frequency & Location)
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