Difference between revisions of "Bishop"
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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76913" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76913" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: '''''Ἐπίσκοπος''''' ''' (Strong'S #1985 | <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 Acts 20:28; Philippians 1:1; 1—Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:7; 1—Peter 2:25 . See Overseer. </p> Acts 20:17 Acts 20:28 Acts 14:23 20:17 Philippians 1:1 Titus 1:5 James 5:14 1—Timothy 3:2 Titus 1:7 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., 1—Peter 2:12 (cp. the Sept. of Exodus 3:16; Isaiah 10:3; Jeremiah 10:15 ), is rendered "office," in Acts 1:20 , RV (AV, "bishoprick"); in 1—Timothy 3:1 , "the office of a bishop," lit., "(if any one seeketh) overseership," there is no word representing office. </p> 1—Peter 5:2Oversight. | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58523" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58523" /> == |