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Koine Greek wordlink #99912

SR GNT Acts 20:28 ἐπισκόπους (episkopous) ‘spirit holy set overseers to_be shepherding the assembly’ Strongs=19850 Lemma=episkopos
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=masculine number=plural

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Only use of identical word form ἐπισκόπους (N-AMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐπισκόπους’ (N-AMP) is always and only glossed as ‘overseers’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘episkopos’ have 3 different glosses: ‘the overseers’, ‘overseer’, ‘overseers’.

Greek words (1) other than ἐπισκόπους (N-AMP) with a gloss related to ‘overseers’

PHP 1:1 ἐπισκόποις (episkopois) N-DMP ‘in Filippou with the overseers and servants’ SR GNT Php 1:1 word 19

Key: N=noun AMP=accusative,masculine,plural DMP=dative,masculine,plural