ἐπισκοπῆς

episkopes

visitation

from ἐπισκέπτομαι; inspection (for relief); by implication, superintendence; specially, the Christian "episcopate":--the office of a "bishop", bishoprick, visitation.

G1984

Luke 19:44 · Word #25

Lexicon G1984

Lemmaἐπισκοπή
Transliterationepiskopḗ
Strong'sG1984
In-contextvisitation
Literalvisitation

Morphology N GEN F SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case GEN — Genitive — Possession, source, or separation
Gender F — Feminine — Grammatical feminine
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

Lemmaἐπισκοπή
Strong'sG1984

SIBI-P1 G1984-02

of oversight-visitation

Morphological NotesNoun, genitive, feminine, singular (Gr,N,,,,,GFS,). Indicates possession, source, or description related to a single instance of oversight/visitation.
Rendering RationaleThe rendering preserves the root sense of ἐπί (upon) + σκοπέω (to look/watch), conveying the idea of attentive oversight or inspection. The genitive singular form is reflected by the prepositional phrase "of oversight-visitation," maintaining the grammatical function indicated by the morphology.

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Words from Root ἐπισκοπή (oversight, inspection, visitation, supervision, office of oversight)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G1984-01 episkopen the overseeing

Word Usage (4 occurrences of G1984)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Luke 19:44 ἐπισκοπῆς episkopes visitation
Acts 1:20 ἐπισκοπὴν episkopen office
1 Timothy 3:1 ἐπισκοπῆς episkopes oversight