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Koine Greek wordlink #140938

SR GNT Tit 1:7 ἐπίσκοπον (episkopon) ‘it is fitting for the overseer unindictable to_be as’ Strongs=19850 Lemma=episkopos
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=masculine number=singular
Referred to from Word #140961 Referred to from Word #140970 Referred to from Word #140972 Referred to from Word #140984

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Other uses (2) of identical word form ἐπίσκοπον (N-AMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐπίσκοπον’ (N-AMS) is always and only glossed as ‘overseer’.

1Tim 3:2 ‘it is fitting therefore the overseer irreproachable to_be of one’ SR GNT 1Tim 3:2 word 5

1Pet 2:25 ‘the shepherd and overseer of the souls of you_all’ SR GNT 1Pet 2:25 word 16

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

Key: N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular