ἐπίσκοπος

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overseer

ἐπί-σκοπος , -ου, ὁ (σκοπός, a watcher), [in LXX for פָּקַד, its parts and derivatives, Num.4:16 31:14 , Jdg.9:28 , 4Ki.11:15 11:18 , 2Ch.34:12 34:17 , Neh.11:9, 14 11:22 ; אֵל, Job.20:29; נָגַשׂ:, Isa.60:17; Wis.1:6 , 1Ma.1:51 * ;] a superintendent, guardian, overseer (cl.; for exx. see LS, see word): Act.20:28 , 1Pe.2:25 ( ICC , in l); as technical term for a religious office (Deiss., BS, 230 f.), in later Paul. epp. of the head of a church (Vg. episcopus), a bishop : Php.1:1 , 1Ti.3:2 , Tit.1:7 (see reff. see word ἐπισκοπή).† (AS)