ἐπίσκοπος

ἐπί-σκοπος, -ου, ὁ

(σκοπός, a watcher), [in LXX for פָּקַד, its parts and derivatives, 4 Mos 4,16; 31,14, Dom 9,28, 2 Kong 11,15; 11,18, 2 Kron 34,12; 34,17, Neh 11,9, 14; 11,22; אֵל, Job 20,29 נָגַשׂ:, Es 60,17 Wis 1,6, 1Ma 1,51 * ;]

a superintendent, guardian, overseer (cl.; for exx. see LS, see word): ApG 20,28, 1 Pet 2,25 (ICC, in l); as technical term for a religious office (Deiss., BS, 230 f.), in later Paul. epp. of the head of a church (Vg. episcopus), a bishop: Fil 1,1, 1 Tim 3,2, Tit 1,7 (see reff. see word ἐπισκοπή).†