G1985

ἐπίσκοπος

episkopos

Appears in 7 Bible verses

Strong's Definition

a superintendent, i.e.Christian officer in genitive case charge of a (or the) church(literally or figuratively) &#8212 bishop, overseer.

Detailed Meaning

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, the superintendent, elder, or overseer of a Christian church

Part of Speech

masculine noun

KJV Translation Counts

bishop(6x) overseer(1x)

Related Words

G1909 | ἐπί | on, in, upon, unto, to, misc