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Dictionaries :: Bishop (Overseer)

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g1985 Greek: episkopos

Bishop (Overseer):

lit., "an overseer" (epi, "over," skopeo, "to look or watch"), whence Eng. "bishop," which has precisely the same meaning, is found in Act 20:28; Phl 1:1; 1Ti 3:2; Tts 1:7; 1Pe 2:25.
See OVERSEER.

Note: Presbuteros, "an elder," is another term for the same person as bishop or overseer. See Act 20:17 with verse 28. The term "elder" indicates the mature spiritual experience and understanding of those so described; the term "bishop," or "overseer," indicates the character of the work undertaken. According to the Divine will and appointment, as in the NT, there were to be "bishops" in every local church, Act 14:23; 20:17; Phl 1:1; Tts 1:5; Jam 5:14. Where the singular is used, the passage is describing what a "bishop" should be, 1Ti 3:2; Tts 1:7. Christ Himself is spoken of as "the... Bishop of our souls," 1Pe 2:25.
See ELDER.

2 Strong's Number: g1984 Greek: episkope

Bishop (Overseer):

besides its meaning, "visitation," e.g., 1Pe 2:12 (cp. the Sept. of Exd 3:16; Isa 10:3; Jer 10:15), is rendered "office," in Act 1:20, RV (AV, "bishoprick"); in 1Ti 3:1, "the office of a bishop," lit., "(if any one seeketh) overseership," there is no word representing office.

Note: The corresponding verb is episkopeo, which, in reference to the work of an overseer, is found in 1Pe 5:2, RV, "exercising the oversight," for AV "taking the oversight."
See OVERSIGHT.

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