Difference between revisions of "Bishop"

<div> '''1: '''''Ἐπίσκοπος''''' ''' (Strong'S #1985 — Noun Masculine — episkopos — ep-is'-kop-os ) </div> <p> lit., "an overseer" (epi, "over," skopeo, "to look or watch"), whence Eng. "bishop," which has precisely the same meaning, is found in &nbsp;Acts 20:28; &nbsp;Philippians 1:1; &nbsp;1 Timothy 3:2; &nbsp;Titus 1:7; &nbsp;1 Peter 2:25 . See Overseer. </p> &nbsp;Acts 20:17&nbsp; Acts 20:28&nbsp;Acts 14:23&nbsp;20:17&nbsp;Philippians 1:1&nbsp;Titus 1:5&nbsp;James 5:14&nbsp;1 Timothy 3:2&nbsp;Titus 1:7&nbsp;1 Peter 2:25Elder. <div> '''2: '''''Ἐπισκοπή''''' ''' (Strong'S #1984 — Noun [[Feminine]] — episkope — ep-is-kop-ay' ) </div> <p> besides its meaning, "visitation," e.g., &nbsp;1 Peter 2:12 (cp. the Sept. of &nbsp; Exodus 3:16; &nbsp;Isaiah 10:3; &nbsp;Jeremiah 10:15 ), is rendered "office," in &nbsp;Acts 1:20 , RV (AV, "bishoprick"); in &nbsp;1 Timothy 3:1 , "the office of a bishop," lit., "(if any one seeketh) overseership," there is no word representing office. </p> &nbsp;1 Peter 5:2Oversight.