Lexical 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.) |
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