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Episkopos

ep-is'-kop-os
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

Episkopos Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 5
  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
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
episkopoß
Origin
from (1909) and (4649) (in the sense of (1983))
Strong's Number
1985
TDNT Entry
2:608,244

NAS Word Usage

guardian
1
overseer
2
overseers
2
Total
5

NAS Verse Count

1
1
1
1
1
Total
5
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Episkopos". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999. . 1999.