The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ἐπισκοπή

Lemmaἐπισκοπή
Citation formἐπισκοπή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossvisitation of judgment, oversight
Strong’sG1984
Transliterationepiskopḗ
Definitioninspection (for relief); by implication, superintendence; specially, the Christian "episcopate"
KJV glosses:--the office of a "bishop", bishoprick, visitation.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences4

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἐπισκοπὴν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)Acts 1:20
ἐπισκοπῆς
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Luke 19:44
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)1 Timothy 3:1
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)1 Peter 2:12

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: επισκοπη.