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ἐπίσκοπος?

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 기독교 Transliteration: episkopos

Principal Part: ἐπίσκοπος ἐπισκόπου

Structure: ἐπισκοπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. watcher, guardian
  2. scout, watch
  3. overseer, supervisor, inspector
  4. (Christianity) an ecclesiastical superintendent, bishop

Declension

Second 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

  • καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες ἐν πίστει ἐπὶ τῶν ἔργων, καὶ ἐπ αὐτῶν ἐπίσκοποι Ἰὲθ καὶ Ἀβδίας οἱ Λευῖται ἐξ υἱῶν Μεραρὶ καὶ Ζαχαρίας καὶ Μοσολλὰμ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Καὰθ ἐπισκοπεῖν καὶ πᾶς Λευίτης καὶ πᾶς συνιὼν ἐν ὀργάνοις ᾠδῶν. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 34:12)
  • ἕκτοι δέ εἰσιν Ἰνδοῖσιν οἱ ἐπίσκοποι καλεόμενοι. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 12 4:3)
  • τρίτη δ ἂν εἰκότι ῥηθείη πρόνοιά τε καὶ προμήθεια τῶν ὅσοι περὶ γῆν δαίμονες τεταγμένοι τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων πράξεων φύλακές τε καὶ ἐπίσκοποί εἰσι. (Plutarch, De fato, section 9 1:2)
  • "Ζεῦ μέγιστε καὶ θεοὶ χρηστῶν ἐπίσκοποι καὶ πονηρῶν ἔργων, αὐτοί που σύνιστε Ῥωμαίοις, ὡς οὐ παρὰ δίκην, ἀλλὰ κατ ἀνάγκην ἀμυνόμενοι μετερχόμεθα δυσμενῶν ἀνδρῶν καὶ παρανόμων πόλιν. (Plutarch, Camillus, chapter 5 6:1)
  • ἀλλ εἴς ἑτοῖμοι τοῦ νεκροῦ γ ἐπίσκοποι. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. watcher

  2. scout

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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