Strong's Number G1984

ἐπισκοπή

episkope · ep-is-kop-ay'

Transliteration:

episkope{ep-is-kop-ay'}

Word Origin:

from 1980

TDNT:

2:606,244

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

inspection (for relief); by implication, superintendence; specially, the Christian "episcopate"

Usage in the KJV:

visitation 2, bishoprick 1, office of a bishop 1

Total: 4
Occurs 4 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

investigation, inspection, visitation
1. that act by which God looks into and searches out the ways, deeds character, of men, in order to adjudge them their lot accordingly, whether joyous or sad
2. oversight
  1. overseership, office, charge, the office of an elder
  2. the overseer or presiding officers of a Christian church