1984 GREEK επισκοπη, EPISKOPE ep-is-kop-ay' from επισκεπτομαι, - episkeptomai G 1980; inspection (for relief); by implication, superintendence; specially, the Christian "episcopate":--the office of a "bishop", bishoprick, visitation. επισκοπην Acts 1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take. επισκοπης Luke 19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. 1 Ti 3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 1 Pe 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
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