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Koine Greek wordlink #82137

SR GNT Acts 1:20 ἐπισκοπήν (episkopaʸn) ‘it and the overseeing of him let take another’ Strongs=19840 Lemma=episkopē
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=33 AD Event=Matthias_replaces_Judas TimeSeries=Matthias_replaces_Judas

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Only use of identical word form ἐπισκοπήν (N-AFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐπισκοπήν’ (N-AFS) is always and only glossed as ‘overseeing’.

Acts 1:20 ‘it and the overseeing of him let take another’ SR GNT Acts 1:20 word 21

OET-LV: 20 For/Because it _has _been _written in scroll of _psalms, the the_homestead of _him Let _be _become desolate, and let_ not _be the one dwelling in it, and: let_ another _take The overseeing of _him. (ACT_1:20)

OET-RV: 20 Now it was written in the scroll of songs:
⇔ ‘Let his place become deserted with no one living there,’
§ and
⇔ ‘Let another person take his position.’ (ACT 1:20)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘episkopē’ have 4 different glosses: ‘of visitation’, ‘to overseeing’, ‘overseeing’, ‘visitation’.

Greek words (2) other than ἐπισκοπήν (N-AFS) with a gloss related to ‘overseeing’

1 TIM 3:1 ἐπισκοπῆς (episkopaʸs) N-GFS ‘saying if anyone to overseeing is aspiring of a good work’ SR GNT 1 Tim 3:1 word 6

OET-LV:  The saying is trustworthy: If anyone is _aspiring to _overseeing, he _is _desiring of_a_good work. (TI1_3:1)

OET-RV:  This is a trustworthy saying: ‘If anyone is aspiring to be an overseer, then it’s a good task that he’s desiring.’ (TI1 3:1)

HEB 12:15 Ἐπισκοποῦντες (Episkopountes) V-PPA·NMP Lemma=episkopeō ‘overseeing lest anyone falling_short’ SR GNT Heb 12:15 word 1

OET-LV: 15 Overseeing lest anyone falling _short from the grace of_ the _god, lest any root of _bitterness upward sprouting may _be _troubling, and by it may _be _defiled the many, (HEB_12:15)

OET-RV: 15 Watch carefully to make sure that no one misses out on God’s grace, and to make sure that no bitterness grows up among you that could mess up many people’s lives, (HEB 12:15)

Key: N=noun V=verb AFS=accusative,feminine,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular