1 | Strong's Number: g1983 | Greek: episkopeo |
Oversight (Exercise, Take):
lit., "to look upon" (epi, "upon," skopeo, "to look at, contemplate"), is found in 1Pe 5:2 (some ancient authorities omit it), "exercising the oversight," RV (AV, "taking... "); "exercising" is the right rendering; the word does not imply the entrance upon such responsibility, but the fulfillment of it. It is not a matter of assuming a position, but of the discharge of the duties. The word is found elsewhere in Hbr 12:15, "looking carefully," RV.
See LOOK. Cp. episkope in 1Ti 3:1 (see BISHOP, No. 2).
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