Strong's G1985
ἐπίσκοπος
- Transliteration
- epískopos
- Definition
- a superintendent, i.e. Christian officer in genitive case charge of a (or the) church (literally or figuratively)
- KJV usage
- bishop, overseer
- Derivation
- from G1909 (ἐπί) and G4649 (σκοπός) (in the sense of G1983 (ἐπισκοπέω));
From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Greek dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.