ἐπίσκοπος,
-ου,
ὁ, (
ἐπισκέπτομαι),
an overseer, a man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done by others are done rightly,
any curator, guardian, or
superintendent;
Sept. for
פָּקִיד,
Judges 9:28;
Nehemiah 11:9, 14, 22; 2 Kings 11:15, etc.; 1 Macc. 1:51. The word has the same comprehensive sense in Greek writings from Homer Odys. 8, 163; Iliad 22, 255 down; hence, in the N. T. ἐπίσκ. τῶν ψυχῶν, guardian of souls, one who watches over their welfare: 1 Peter 2:25 ([τὸν παντὸς πνεύματος κτίστην κ. ἐπίσκοπον, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 59, 3]; ἀρχιερεὺς καὶ προστάτης τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χρ., ibid. 61, 3; [cf. Sir. 1:6]), cf. Hebrews 13:17. specifically, the superintendent, head or overseer of any Christian church; Vulg. episcopus: Acts 20:28; Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:7; see πρεσβύτερος, 2 b.; [and for the later use of the word, see Dictionary of Christian Antiquities under the word Bishop].
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Judges
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9:28
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2 Kings
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11:15
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Nehemiah
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11:9; 11:14; 11:22
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Acts
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20:28
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Philippians
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1:1
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1 Timothy
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3:2
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Titus
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1:7
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Hebrews
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13:17
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1 Peter
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2:25
