- Transliteration: Episkopos

- Phonetic: ep-is'-kop-os

- Definition:

1. an overseer

a. a man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done by others are done rightly, any curator, guardian or superintendent

b. the superintendent, elder, or overseer of a Christian church

- Origin: from G1909" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1909 and G4649" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4649 (in the sense of G1983" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1983)

- TDNT entry: 12:08,2

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From G1909" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1909 and G4649" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4649 (in the sense of G1983" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1983); a superintendent that is Christian officer in general charge of a (or the) church (literally or figuratively): - bishop overseer.