Greek noun (feminine) · G1984
ἐπισκοπή
episkopeep-is-kop-ay'
a visiting, visitation; office, charge, esp. office of an ἐπίσκοιος (which see)
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: episkopḗ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1984is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1984
inspection (for relief); by implication, superintendence; specially, the Christian "episcopate"
The King James renders it: the office of a "bishop", bishoprick, visitation.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
episkope is rendered "a visiting, visitation; office, charge, esp. office of an ἐπίσκοιος (which see)". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a visiting, visitation".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 19:44They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
Luke 19:44ἐπισκοπῆς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's four uses is in Luke.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a visiting, visitation, and office, charge, esp. office of an ἐπίσκοιος (which see).
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a visiting, visitationεἰς ἐ. τοῦ παιδός | Tagged as
| WhereLeviticus 19:20If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed… |
| office, charge, esp. office of an ἐπίσκοιος (which see)Act.1:20 (LXX), 1Ti.3:1 (Cremer, 527 f., 864; DCG, ii, 809b).† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereActs 1:20“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιστρέφω | epistrepho | to turn | Uses36 |
| ἐπιστολή | epistole | epistle | Uses24 |
| ἐπίσταμαι | epistamai | to know/understand | Uses14 |
| ἐπισκέπτομαι | episkeptomai | to visit/care for | Uses11 |
| ἐπισυνάγω | episynago | to gather | Uses8 |
| ἐπιστάτης | epistates | master | Uses7 |
| ἐπισκιάζω | episkiazo | to overshadow | Uses5 |
| ἐπίσκοπος | episkopos | overseer | Uses5 |
| ἐπιστηρίζω | episterizo | to strengthen | Uses4 |
| ἐπιστέλλω | epistello | to write to | Uses3 |
| ἐπίσημος | episemos | notable | Uses2 |
| ἐπισκοπέω | episkopeo | to oversee/care for | Uses2 |
and 12 more on the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπισκοπῆς2
- ἐπισκοπὴν1
- ἐπισκοπῆς.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular3N-GSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1N-ASF
Luke
one use
They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
- ἐπισκοπῆςepiskopesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of visitation
Acts
one use
“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’
- ἐπισκοπὴνepiskopennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: position
1 Timothy
one use
This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
- ἐπισκοπῆςepiskopesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: overseership
1 Peter
one use
Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
- ἐπισκοπῆς.¶episkopesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of visitation
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.