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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 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)
  • 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)

Synonyms

  1. watcher

  2. scout

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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