verb

Greekἐπισκοπέω (episkopeō)

Biblang

episkopamō

Strong’sG1983

I exercise oversight, care for

stem episkop-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ἐπι-σκοπέω, -ῶ

[in LXX for פָּקַד ni., etc.;]

1. to look upon, observe, examine: seq. μή, He 12:15.

2. As ἐπισκέπτομαι in LXX, NT, to visit, care for: I Pe 5:2 (R, txt.; WH om.; Cremer, 527).†

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

Strong’s G1983 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-skop-eh'-o

to oversee; by implication, to beware

Fromfrom G1909 and G4648;

King Jameslook diligently, take the oversight.

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

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἐπισκοπ-έω,
future -σκέψομαι, later -σκοπήσωRefs 2nd c.AD+aorist -εσκεψάμην, later -εσκόπησαRefs 2nd c.AD+: perfect ἐπέσκεμμαι Refs 5th c.BC+; also in passive sense, Refs 4th c.BC+:—look upon or at, inspect, observe, ἱστορίας καὶ τἆλλα ἔγγραφα Refs 2nd c.BC+ (also in middle, ἐ. τὸ περίχωμα Refs 3rd c.BC+; regard, τἄμ᾽ ἐ. κακά Refs 5th c.BC+; of tutelary gods, Θηβαΐας ἐπισκοποῦντ᾽ ἀγυιάς, of Bacchus, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὦ Δῆμ᾽, ἐναργῶς ἡ θεός σ᾽ ἐπισκοπεῖ Refs 5th c.BC+; also of a ruler, ἐ. τὴν πολιτείαν Refs 5th c.BC+ observed, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐ. μή.. take care lest, NT
2. visit, ὦ θάνατε, νῦν μ᾽ ἐπίσκεψαι μολών Refs 5th c.BC+; visit as a friend (ironically), Refs 4th c.BC+; especially visit the sick, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the physician, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—middle, Refs 4th c.BC+ —passive, εὐνὴν ὀνείροις οὐκ ἐπισκοπουμένην visited not by dreams, i.e. sleepless, Refs 4th c.BC+
3. of a general, inspect, review, τὰς τάξεις Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ ὅπλα Refs 4th c.BC+
4. consider, reflect, meditate, ὅ τι ἂν μέλλῃς ἐρεῖν, πρότερον ἐπισκόπει τῇ γνώμῃ Refs 5th c.BC+; also ἐ. πρός τι Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, examine with oneself, meditate, Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, perfect (see.above).
5. exercise the office of ἐπίσκοπος, variant in NT

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

exercising oversight1×see to it1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
episkoparōntoisἐπισκοποῦντες	happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine	see to it	2×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	episkopamō	episkopame	episkopami	episkopama	episkopamē	episkopamelē
you 2nd person singular	episkopasō	episkopase	episkopasi	episkopasa	episkopasē	episkopaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	episkopatō	episkopate	episkopati	episkopata	episkopatē	episkopatelē
we 1st person plural	episkopanō	episkopane	episkopani	episkopana	episkopanē	episkopanelē
ye 2nd person plural	episkopavō	episkopave	episkopavi	episkopava	episkopavē	episkopavelē
they 3rd person plural	episkopalō	episkopale	episkopali	episkopala	episkopalē	episkopalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	episkopameiō	episkopameia	episkopameiē
you 2nd person singular	episkopaseiō	episkopaseia	episkopaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	episkopateiō	episkopateia	episkopateiē
we 1st person plural	episkopaneiō	episkopaneia	episkopaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	episkopaveiō	episkopaveia	episkopaveiē
they 3rd person plural	episkopaleiō	episkopaleia	episkopaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	episkopasōr	episkopasar	episkopasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	episkopatōr	episkopatar	episkopatēr
ye 2nd person plural	episkopavōr	episkopavar	episkopavēr
they 3rd person plural	episkopalōr	episkopalar	episkopalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	episkopamoiō	episkopamoia
you 2nd person singular	episkopasoiō	episkopasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	episkopatoiō	episkopatoia
we 1st person plural	episkopanoiō	episkopanoia
ye 2nd person plural	episkopavoiō	episkopavoia
they 3rd person plural	episkopaloiō	episkopaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	episkoparō	episkopari	episkopara	episkoparē

Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	episkoparōntos2×	episkoparintos	episkoparantos	episkoparēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

episkopstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

episkop 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

Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.

episkopos — ἐπίσκοπος, overseer, supervisor, ruler episkopas — ἐπισκοπή, visitation of judgment, oversight

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

episkoparōntois“see to it”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine2×

Hebrews 12:15episkoparōntois mē tinos husterarōntos apo tau charitau …See to it that no one falls short of …

1 Peter 5:2“exercising oversight”… tem en vi poimniem tou theou, episkoparōntois mē anankastōs alla hekousiōs kata theon, …… of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have …