King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1983
Transliteration: episkopeō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-skop-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to look upon, to care for
Meaning: to look upon, to care for
ἐπισκοπέω, ἐπισκόπω; to look upon, inspect, oversee, look after, care for: spoken of the care of the church which rested upon the presbyters, 1 Peter 5:2 (T WH omit) (with τήν ἐκκλησίαν added, Ignatius ad Rom. 9, 1 [ET]); followed by μή (which see II. 1 a.) equivalent to Latincaveo, to look carefully, beware: Hebrews 12:15. (Often by Greek writings from Aeschylus down.)
Word Summary
episkopeō: to look upon, to care for
Original Word: ἐπισκοπέωTransliteration: episkopeō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-skop-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to look upon, to care for
Meaning: to look upon, to care for
Strong's Concordance
look diligently, take the oversight. From epi and skopeo; to oversee; by implication, to beware -- look diligently, take the oversight.
see GREEK epi
see GREEK skopeo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1983: ἐπισκοπέωἐπισκοπέω, ἐπισκόπω; to look upon, inspect, oversee, look after, care for: spoken of the care of the church which rested upon the presbyters, 1 Peter 5:2 (T WH omit) (with τήν ἐκκλησίαν added, Ignatius ad Rom. 9, 1 [ET]); followed by μή (which see II. 1 a.) equivalent to Latincaveo, to look carefully, beware: Hebrews 12:15. (Often by Greek writings from Aeschylus down.)