Strong's Number G1985

ἐπίσκοπος

episkopos · ep-is'-kop-os

Transliteration:

episkopos{ep-is'-kop-os}

Word Origin:

from 1909 and 4649 (in the sense of 1983)

TDNT:

2:608,244

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

bishop 6, overseer 1

Total: 7
Occurs 5 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

an overseer
1. a man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done by others are done rightly, any curator, guardian or superintendent
2. the superintendent, elder, or overseer of a Christian church