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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G1985 - Bishop

Strong's No.:G1985

Greek:ἐπίσκοπος

Transliteration:episkopos

Phonetic:ep-is'-kop-os

Word Origin:From G1909 and G4649 (in the sense of G1983)

Bible Usage:bishop overseer.

Part of Speech:Noun Masculine

Strongs
Definition:

a superintendent that is Christian officer in general charge of a (or the) church (literally or figuratively)


Thayers
Definition:

1. an overseer

a. a man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done by others are done rightly, any curator, guardian or superintendent

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


Bible References:
Bishop

Translation
Occurrences:
bishop ( 3 )
bishops ( 1 )
overseers ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.