ἐπισκοπήepiskopḗ
GreekG19844 occurrences (KJV)
inspection (for relief); by implication, superintendence; specially, the Christian "episcopate"
KJV renders it: the office of a "bishop", bishoprick, visitation
Where it appears
- Luke 19:44and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn’t know the time of your visitation.”
- Acts 1:20For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell therein;’ and, ‘Let another take his office.’
- 1 Tim 3:1This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.
- 1 Pet 2:12having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.