Strong's G1985

ἐπίσκοπος(epískopos)

Language:: Greek (New Testament)

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));

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, ἐπίσκοπος is translated as: bishop, overseer.

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.