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ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos)

ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos) (Greek Lexicon • G1985 • a watcher, a superintendent, guardian, overseer, a bishop): a watcher, a superintendent, guardian, overseer, a bishop. Primary meaning: a watcher, a superintendent, guardian, overseer, a bishop. Strong's: a superintendent, i.e. Christian officer in genitive case charge of a (or the) church (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: a superintendent, guardian, overseer (cl.; for exx. v. LS, s.v.): Ac 20:28 , I Pe 2:25 ( ICC , in l.); as technical term for a religious office (Deiss., BS , 230 f.), in later Paul. epp. of the head of a church (Vg. episcopus ), a bishop : Phl 1:1 , I Ti 3:2 , Tit 1:7 (v. reff. s.v. ἐπισκοπή ).† It is closely linked with Peleg (Generation 15 • Messianic Line • Child of Eber (or Heber )): ( Genesis 10:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:19 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:18-19 ) The first person of Scripture's genealogies to die after the Flood was someone born after the Flood : Peleg .

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Peleg (Generation 15 • Messianic Line • Child of Eber (or Heber )): ( Genesis 10:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:19 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:18-19 ) The first person of Scripture's genealogies to die after the Flood was someone born after the Flood : Peleg . (mentioned in Genesis 10 , Genesis 11 , 1 Chronicles 1 ) Abram/Abraham (Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah ): ( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world. (mentioned in Genesis 11 , Genesis 14 , Genesis 17 ) Shimei (Generation 25 • Child of Gershon ( Gershom )): Shimei is a biblical figure in Generation 25, child of Gershon (Gershom). ( Exodus 6:17 , Numbers 3:18 , 1 Chronicles 6:17 ) (mentioned in Exodus 6 , Numbers 3 , 2 Samuel 16 ) Shem (Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah ): ( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 ) (mentioned in Genesis 5 , Genesis 6 , Genesis 7 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Gog (region. Referenced in Rev 20:8 .) Lasha (http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/mad/sections/section3.html. Referenced in Gen 10:19 .) Jeshanah (now Ein Sinya. Referenced in 2 Chr 13:19 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Genesis 25:17 : "And these are the years of the life of Ishmael , an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people."; Genesis 45:18 : "And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt , and ye shall eat the fat of the land."; Genesis 19:35 : "And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.". Related canonical books and chapters: Genesis 19 ( Genesis • Chapter 19 (38 verses)), Genesis 15 ( Genesis • Chapter 15 (21 verses)), Acts 19 ( Acts • Chapter 19 (41 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

ἐπίσκοπος
episkopos
G1985 Greek
a watcher, a superintendent, guardian, overseer, a bishop

a watcher, a superintendent, guardian, overseer, a bishop. Primary meaning: a watcher, a superintendent, guardian, overseer, a bishop. Strong's: a superintendent, i.e. Christian officer in genitive case charge of a (or the) church (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: a superintendent, guardian, overseer (cl.; for exx. v. LS, s.v.): Ac 20:28 , I Pe 2:25 ( ICC , in l.); as technical term for a religious office (Deiss., BS , 230 f.), in later Paul. epp. of the head of a church (Vg. episcopus ), a bishop : Phl 1:1 , I Ti 3:2 , Tit 1:7 (v. reff. s.v. ἐπισκοπή ).†

Peleg
93% Messianic Line
Generation 15 • Messianic Line • Child of Eber (or Heber)

( Genesis 10:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:19 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:18-19 ) The first person of Scripture's genealogies to die after the Flood was someone born after the Flood : Peleg.

Abram/Abraham
73% Messianic Line
Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah

( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world.

Shimei
73% Gen 25
Generation 25 • Child of Gershon (Gershom)

Shimei is a biblical figure in Generation 25, child of Gershon ( Gershom ). ( Exodus 6:17 , Numbers 3:18 , 1 Chronicles 6:17 )

γένεσις
genesis
G1078 Greek
origin, lineage, birth

origin, lineage, birth. Primary meaning: origin, lineage, birth. Strong's: nativity; figuratively, nature. Lexical nuances: origin, lineage : βίβλος γενέσεως (as in Ge 2:4 a 5:1 ), Mt 1:1 . birth : Mt 1:18 , Lk 1:14 (Rec. γέννησις ); πρόσωπον τῆς γ. , face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort., in l.), Ja 1:23 ; ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γ. , the wheel (course) of birth or creation ("the wheel of man's nature according to its original Divine purpose," Hort), Ja 3:6 .†

Shem
66% Messianic Line
Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah

( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 )

Libni
66% Gen 25
Generation 25 • Child of Gershon (Gershom)

Libni is a biblical figure in Generation 25, child of Gershon ( Gershom ), parent of Jahath . ( Exodus 6:17 , Numbers 3:18 , 1 Chronicles 6:17 )

Eber (or Heber)
66% Messianic Line
Generation 14 • Messianic Line • Child of Shelah

( Genesis 10:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:18 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:17-18 ) Eber/Heber is the person who became the father of the Hebrews . Abram was the first to be called a Hebrew in Scripture ( Genesis 14:13 ).

γινώσκω
ginosko
G1097 Greek
to be taking in knowledge, come to know, recognize, perceive, understand, to know, realize, to become known

to be taking in knowledge, come to know, recognize, perceive, understand, to know, realize, to become known. Primary meaning: to be taking in knowledge, come to know, recognize, perceive, understand, to know, realize, to become known, to know. Strong's: to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed). Lexical nuances: to be taking in knowledge, come to know, recognize, perceive, understand ; in past tenses to know, realize ; pass., to become known : c. acc., Mt 22:18 , Mk 5:43 , Col 4:8 , I Th 3:5 , al. Pass., Mt 10:26 , Phl 4:5 , al.; seq. ὅτι , Mt 21:45 , Jo 4:1 , al.; τί , Mt 6:3 ; ἀπό , Mk 15:45 ; ὅ , Ro 7:15 ; τ. λεγόμενα , Lk 18:34 ; τ. θέλημα , Lk 12:47 ; τ. καρδίας , Lk 16:15 ; c acc. pers., of recog...

Isaac
65% Messianic Line
Generation 21 • Messianic Line • Child of Abram/Abraham

( Genesis 21:5 , 1 Chronicles 1:34 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 35:28-29 ) G-d named Isaac before he was even born ( Genesis 17:19 ).

Genesis 19
64% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 19 (38 verses)

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom : and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, an... Mentions: Lot, Abram/Abraham , Moab , Moabites , Ammon , Sodom, Zoar , Gomorrah .

Jephunneh
64% Gen 25
Generation 25 • Child of Shelah

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife, Shua, was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 28:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Judah
63% Messianic Line
Generation 23 • Messianic Line • Child of Jacob/Israel

Judah is a biblical figure in Generation 23 of the Messianic Line , child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Er, Onan , Shelah , Perez , Zerah . ( Genesis 29:35 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 )

Genesis 15
63% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 15 (21 verses)

After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram : I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus ? And Abr... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Eliezer , Damascus , Egypt , Euphrates .

Gog
63% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 46.000°N, 47.000°E

region. Referenced in Rev 20:8 .

Acts 19
63% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 19 (41 verses)

And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth , Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus : and finding certain disciples, He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Corinth , Ephesus , Asia , Macedonia , Achaia .

Caleb
62% Gen 26
Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife (Shua's daughter) was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 38:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Perez
62% Messianic Line
Generation 24 • Messianic Line • Child of Judah

( Genesis 38:29 , Genesis 46:12 , Numbers 26:20 , 1 Chronicles 2:4 , 1 Chronicles 4:1 )Perez was the twin brother of Zerah . ( Genesis 38:29-30 )

λόγιον
logion
G3051 Greek
an oracle

an oracle. Primary meaning: an oracle. Strong's: an utterance (of God). Lexical nuances: an oracle : Ac 7:38 , Ro 3:2 , He 5:12 , I Pe 4:11 (on the eccl., λόγια τ. Κυρίου , v. Lft., Essay on Sup. Rel. , 172 ff.).†

Noah
61% Messianic Line
Generation 10 • Messianic Line • Child of Lamech

( Genesis 5:28-29 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) The Flood came when Noah was 600 years old ( Genesis 7:6 ) • ( Genesis 9:29 )

Lasha
61% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.718°N, 35.585°E

http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/mad/sections/section3.html. Referenced in Gen 10:19 .

Genesis 20
61% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 20 (18 verses)

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur , and sojourned in Gerar . And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Kadesh 1 , Shur , Gerar.

Jacob/Israel
60% Messianic Line
Generation 22 • Messianic Line • Child of Isaac

( Genesis 21:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:34 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 49:33 ) G-d changed Jacob's name to Israel ( Genesis 32:28 ).

Eleazar
60% Gen 27
Generation 27 • Child of Aaron

( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 6:50 , 24:1 , Ezra 7:5 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ).

Jeremiah 35
59% Chapter
Jeremiah • Chapter 35 (19 verses)

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah , saying, Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. Then I too... Mentions: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Josiah , Judah , Hanan , Shallum , Babylon , Jerusalem .

Ithamar
59% Gen 27
Generation 27 • Child of Aaron

( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 1 Chronicles 24:1 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ).

Exodus 19
58% Chapter
Exodus • Chapter 19 (25 verses)

In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt , the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai . For they were departed from Rephidim , and were come to the desert of Sinai , and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped be... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Moses , Aaron , Egypt , Sinai, Rephidim .

Onan
57% Gen 24
Generation 24 • Child of Judah

( Genesis 38:2-4 , Genesis 46:12 , 1 Chronicles 2:3 , Genesis 38:9-10 ) Onan did what was displeasing in the sight of the Lord, so He took his life. ( Genesis 38:10 )

Kohath
57% Gen 24
Generation 24 • Child of Levi

( Genesis 46:11 , Exodus 6:16 , Numbers 3:17 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 , 6:1 , 6:16 ) The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the southward side of the tabernacle ( Numbers 3:29 ).

Phinehas
57% Gen 28
Generation 28 • Child of Eleazar

( Exodus 6:25 , Numbers 25:7-8 , 1 Chronicles 6:50 , Ezra 7:5 ) The LORD gave Phinehas His covenant of peace- covenant of a perpetual priesthood ( Numbers 25:11-13 )

Nahor
57% Messianic Line
Generation 18 • Messianic Line • Child of Serug

Nahor is a biblical figure in Generation 18 of the Messianic Line , child of Serug , parent of Terah . ( Genesis 11:22 , 1 Chronicles 1:25-26 , Luke 3:34-35 , Genesis 11:24-25 )

Merari
57% Gen 24
Generation 24 • Child of Levi

( Genesis 46:11 , Exodus 6:16 , Numbers 3:17 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 , 6:1 , 6:16 ) The families of the sons of Merari were to camp on the northward side of the tabernacle ( Numbers 3:35 ).

Ehud
57% Gen 32
Generation 32 • Child of Gera

( 1 Chronicles 8:6 ) Son of Gera ( Judges 3:15 ) Ehud was left-handed and used that attribute to enable him to kill Israel 's enemy, Eglon the King of Moab ( Judges 3:15-4 :1). Ehud judged 80 years: 1369-1289 BCE ( Judges 3:30 ).

Korah
57% Gen 26
Generation 26 • Child of Izhar (or Amminadab)

( Exodus 6:21 , 1 Chronicles 6:22 , 1 Chronicles 6:37 ) This is the Korah that rose up with Dathan and Abiram against Moses and Aaron (Korah's rebellion) as recorded in Numbers 16:1-40 . The sons of Korah are credited with writing several Psalms (42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 84, 85, 87, & 88).

פָּלָא
pala
H6381 Hebrew
to be wonderful, surpassing, extraordinary

to be wonderful, surpassing, extraordinary. To be extraordinary, beyond human comprehension or accomplishment ('Is anything too hard for the LORD?', Genesis 18:14).

Jeshanah
57% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.980°N, 35.230°E

now Ein Sinya. Referenced in 2 Chr 13:19 .

Scripture Passages (24)

And these are the years of the life of Ishmael , an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.

And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt , and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the Lord your God.

And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.

And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus , what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

of the sons of Joab, Obadiah . Abadias son of Jehiel. Jezelus, and with him two hundred and twelve men:

And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

And Ahab said unto Obadiah , Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt , and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

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