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ἐπίσκοπος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 기독교 Transliteration:

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 εἰσῆλθε πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ τῆσ γῆσ εἰσ οἶκον τοῦ Βάαλ καὶ κατέσπασαν αὐτὸν καὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰσ εἰκόνασ αὐτοῦ συνέτριψαν ἀγαθῶσ καὶ τὸν Μαθὰν τὸν ἱερέα τοῦ Βάαλ ἀπέκτειναν κατὰ πρόσωπον τῶν θυσιαστηρίων, καὶ ἔθηκεν ὁ ἱερεὺσ ἐπισκόπουσ εἰσ τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 11:18)
  • κατὰ πάντασ τοὺσ λόγουσ τούτουσ ἔγραψε πάσῃ τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐποίησεν ἐπισκόπουσ ἐπὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν καὶ ἐνετείλατο ταῖσ πόλεσιν Ἰούδα θυσιάζειν κατὰ πόλιν καὶ πόλιν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 1:51)
  • καὶ ἀντὶ χαλκοῦ οἴσω σοι χρυσίον, ἀντὶ δὲ σιδήρου οἴσω σοι ἀργύριον, ἀντὶ δὲ ξύλων οἴσω σοι χαλκόν, ἀντὶ δὲ λίθων σίδηρον. καὶ δώσω τοὺσ ἄρχοντάσ σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ τοὺσ ἐπισκόπουσ σου ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 60:17)
  • ἐπισκόπουσ καὶ φύλακασ, οὕτω προσέσχε τοῖσ πατρῴοισ ἔθεσι καὶ κατενόησε τὴν τῶν παλαιῶν περὶ τὸ θεῖον εὐλάβειαν ὥστε τιμήν τινα δοκοῦσαν εἶναι καὶ ζηλουμένην ἄλλωσ ἕνεκα δόξησ τὴν ἱερωσύνην τῶν ἀκροτάτων μίαν ἀποφῆναι τεχνῶν, καὶ μαρτυρῆσαι τοῖσ φιλοσόφοισ, ὅσοι τὴν εὐσέβειαν ὡρίσαντο θεραπείασ θεῶν ἐπιστήμην εἶναι. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 3 2:1)
  • διὸ καὶ τὴν γεωργίαν ὁ Νομᾶσ οἱο͂ν εἰρήνησ φίλτρον ἐμμίξασ τοῖσ πολίταισ καὶ μᾶλλον ὡσ ἠθοποιὸν ἢ πλουτοποιὸν ἀγαπήσασ τέχνην, εἰσ μέρη τὴν χώραν διεῖλεν, ἃ πάγουσ προσηγόρευσε, καὶ καθ’ ἕκαστον ἐπισκόπουσ ἔταξε καὶ περιπόλουσ, ἔστι δ̓ ὅτε καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐφορῶν καὶ τεκμαιρόμενοσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων τοὺσ τρόπουσ τῶν πολιτῶν τοὺσ μὲν εἰσ τιμὰσ καὶ πίστεισ ἀνῆγε, τοὺσ δὲ ῥᾳθύμουσ καὶ ἀμελεῖσ ψέγων καὶ κακίζων ἐσωφρόνιζε. (Plutarch, Numa, chapter 16 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. watcher

  2. scout

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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