G1985 ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos)

KJV renderings

bishop, overseer

Strong's definition

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

Derivation

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G4649 (σκοπός) (in the sense of G1983 (ἐπισκοπέω));

From James Strong's public-domain dictionaries (G), JSON edition by OpenScriptures (CC-BY-SA). Every dotted-underline word in the text links here.

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