What does ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō) mean in the Bible?
ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō): To oversee with vigilant care; implying active responsibility for those under one's watch.
Greek · G1983
ἐπισκοπέω
To oversee; by implication, to beware
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ἐπισκοπέω G1983
Pronunciation episkopéō
What does ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō) mean in the Bible?
ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō): To oversee with vigilant care; implying active responsibility for those under one's watch.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1983?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include See to it that (1), watching over them (1).
Where does ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 12:15. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It See to it that 1× Hebrews 12:15
watching over them 1× 1 Peter 5:2
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Usage map
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First aligned row Hebrews 12:15
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Hebrews 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
ἐπισκοποῦντες 2x episkopountes Hebrews 12:15, 1 Peter 5:2
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Hebrews 12:15, 1 Peter 5:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To oversee with vigilant care; implying active responsibility for those under one's watch.
Strong's G1983
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Peter 5:1-4 Source Gloss
to oversee; by implication, to beware
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 12:15 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἐπισκοποῦντες episkopountev
I exercise oversight, care for
Read verse 1 Peter 5:2 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἐπισκοποῦντες episkopountev
I exercise oversight, care for
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Present Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Present Active Heb 12:15 · 1 Pet 5:2 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 2
Voice
active 2
Mood
participle 2
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
to watch over, supervise
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἐπισκοπέω is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Highlights attentive responsibility under God’s authority. 1 Peter 5:1-4
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain