noun · feminine

episkopas

Greekἐπισκοπή (episkopē)

Strong’sG1984

visitation of judgment, oversight

stem episkop-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

visitation2×office1×overseer1×

What it means

† ἐπι-σκοπή, -ῆς, ἡ

[in LXX chiey for פָּקַד פְּקֻדָּה;]

1. a visiting, visitation (εἰς ἐ. τοῦ παιδός, Lucian, dial. deor., 20, 6); as in LXX (after Heb.), of God's visitation in mercy, or in judgment (Le 19:20 Jb 10:12, Je 6:15, Wi 2:20, al.): Lk 19:44, I Pe 2:12 (v. Hort, in l.).

2. office, charge, esp. office of an ἐπίσκοιος (q.v.): Ac 1:20 (LXX), I Ti 3:1 (Cremer, 527 f., 864; DCG, ii, 809 b).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1984 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-is-kop-ay'

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

Fromfrom G1980;

King Jamesthe office of a "bishop", bishoprick, visitation.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	episkopas	episkopais
object accusative	episkopan1×ἐπισκοπὴν	episkopain
direct address vocative	episkopar	episkopair
of, belonging to genitive	episkopau3×ἐπισκοπῆς	episkopaiu
to, for dative	episkopa	episkopai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

episkopstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

episkopa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

episkopos — ἐπίσκοπος, overseer, supervisor, ruler episkopamō — ἐπισκοπέω, I exercise oversight, care for

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

episkopan“office”objectaccusative singular1×

Acts 1:20“office”grafitē gar en bibla psalmoiu; Ginitar tas epaulias autou erēmas kai mē atōr tos katoikarōtos en auta, kai; Tan episkopan autou lambatar heteros.“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’

episkopau“visitation”of, belonging togenitive singular3×

Luke 19:44“visitation”kai edafizali sin kai teim tekneim su en si, kai ouk afiēkali lithon epi lithon en si, anti heiu ouk gnōskasa ton kairon tau episkopau su.They will level you to the ground — you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

1 Timothy 3:1“overseer”Pistos tos logos; ei tinos episkopau oregetō, kaleu ergeu epithumatō.This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.

1 Peter 2:12“visitation”tan anastrofan vu en tei ethnei echarōtois kalan, hina, en he katalalalō vu hōs kakopoioiu, ek teiu kaleiu ergeiu epopteuarōtois doxazaleia ton theon en hēmera episkopau.Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.