ἐπισκοπή
episkopē · visitation, oversight
Greek word · Strong’s number G1984 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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episkopē (ἐπισκοπή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “visitation, oversight”.
Visitation: God's coming to help or to judge; also the office of overseer.
How to say it
e·pis·ko·pē
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- God comes to see, to save or judge.
- Role of overseer.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- office ×2
- visitation ×2
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 19:44
and they will dash you to the ground, and your children within you, and they will not leave stone upon stone in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
- Acts 1:20
For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his dwelling become desolate, and let there be no one living in it’; and, ‘Let another take his office.’
- 1 Timothy 3:1
The word is trustworthy: if anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.
- 1 Peter 2:12
keeping your conduct among the nations good, so that, in what they speak against you as evildoers, by observing your good works they may glorify God on the day of visitation.