Word study · Greek
episkopē
visitation, oversight
Say it: ep-is-kop-AY (approximate)
ἐπισκοπή
What it means
From a verb meaning "to look on, to care for." It is the word Jesus uses for "the time of your visitation" (19:44), a time when God came to Jerusalem, and which the city did not recognize. The same root gives "bishop," an overseer (1 Timothy 3:1).
Range of meaning
- VisitationA time when God visits.
- OversightThe work of an overseer.
In Luke
- Chapter 19
"You didn't know the time of your visitation" (19:44).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G1984 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources