Strong’s G1984 · Greek
ἐπισκοπή
episkopḗ · ep-is-kop-ay'
Origin from ἐπισκέπτομαι (G1980);
Meaning inspection (for relief); by implication, superintendence; specially, the Christian "episcopate"
In the King James Version the office of a "bishop", bishoprick, visitation.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 19:44And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
- Acts 1:20For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
- 1 Timothy 3:1This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
- 1 Peter 2:12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.