# G1985 ἐπίσκοπος

ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos), Strong’s G1985: a superintendent, i.e. Christian officer in genitive case charge of a (or the) church (literally or figuratively) KJV: bishop, overseer. Occurs 20 times.

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*epískopos* — a superintendent, i.e. Christian officer in genitive case charge of a (or the) church (literally or figuratively)

KJV: bishop, overseer

Built from [ἐπί epí](https://besorah.bible/word/G1909) (meaning superimposition) + [σκοπός skopós](https://besorah.bible/word/G4649) (perhaps akin to G4626) + [ἐπισκοπέω episkopéō](https://besorah.bible/word/G1983) (to oversee)

Occurs 20 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Acts 20:28](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/20?v=28) — Take heed, therefore, to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd…
- [Philippians 1:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/philippians/1?v=1) — Paul and Timothy, servants of Yeshua the Messiah, to all the holy ones in Messiah Yeshua who are at Philippi, with the…
- [1 Timothy 3:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-timothy/3?v=2) — The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good…
- [Titus 1:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/titus/1?v=7) — For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not…
- [1 Peter 2:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-peter/2?v=25) — For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- [Wisdom of Solomon 1:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/1?v=6) — For wisdom is a spirit who loves man, and she will not hold a blasphemer guiltless for his lips, because God is witness…
- [1 Maccabees 1:51](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/1?v=51) — He wrote according to all these words to his whole kingdom. He appointed overseers over all the people, and he…