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ἐπισκοπή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπισκοπή

Structure: ἐπισκοπ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a watching over, visitation
  2. the office of, an office

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καθ’ ἑκάστην δὲ ἡμέραν περιεπάτει ὁ Μαρδοχαῖοσ κατὰ τὴν αὐλὴν τὴν γυναικείαν ἐπισκοπῶν τί Ἐσθὴρ συμβήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 2:11)
  • τοῦ μὲν δὴ σώματοσ ταῦτά τισ ἂν δοκεῖ μοι ἐπισκοπῶν ἀποχρῶντα τεκμήρια ποιεῖσθαι ἐσ γενναιότητα, καὶ τὰ ἐναντία τοῦ ἐναντίου. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 6 3:1)
  • σὺ δ’ οὖν, ὦ ἄριστε Τιμόκλεισ, αὐτὸσ ἤδη ἀκριβῶσ ἐπισκοπῶν ἕκαστα ἐννόησον, εἴ σοι καλῶσ ἔχει παρελθόντα εἰσ τὴν εἰκόνα κατὰ ταύτασ τὰσ θύρασ ἐκείνησ τῆσ ἔμπαλιν αἰσχρῶσ οὕτωσ ἐκπεσεῖν. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 42:12)
  • παρὰ γὰρ δὴ τούτοισ μάλιστα εὑρ́ισκον ἐπισκοπῶν τὴν ἄγνοιαν καὶ τὴν ἀπορίαν πλείονα, ὥστε μοι τάχιστα χρυσοῦν ἀπέδειξαν οὗτοι τὸν τῶν ἰδιωτῶν τοῦτον βίον. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 4:2)
  • ἔπειτα δὲ κατά μέροσ ἐπισκοπῶν πολὺ μᾶλλον ἀπορεῖν ἠναγκαζόμην τούσ τε γὰρ ἀστέρασ ἑώρων ὡσ ἔτυχε τοῦ οὐρανοῦ διερριμμένουσ καὶ τὸν ἥλιον αὐτὸν τί ποτε ἦν ἄρα ἐπόθουν εἰδέναι· (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 4:4)
  • καὶ ἔδωκαν τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ ἑτοιμασθὲν ἐπὶ χεῖρασ ποιούντων τὰ ἔργα τῶν ἐπισκόπων οἴκου Κυρίου, καὶ ἐξέδοσαν τοῖσ τέκτοσι τῶν ξύλων καὶ τοῖσ οἰκοδόμοισ τοῖσ ποιοῦσιν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 12:12)
  • καὶ ἐχώνευσαν τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ εὑρεθὲν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου καὶ ἔδωκαν ἐπὶ χεῖρα τῶν ἐπισκόπων καὶ ἐπὶ χεῖρα τῶν ποιούντων τὴν ἐργασίαν. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 34:17)

Synonyms

  1. a watching over

  2. the office of

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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