ἐπίσκοπος

From ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) +‎ σκοπός (skopós, “watcher, lookout, guardian”).

ἐπίσκοπος • (epískopos) m (genitive ἐπισκόπου); second declension

1. watcher, guardian
2. scout, watch
3. overseer, supervisor, inspector
4. (Christianity) an ecclesiastical superintendent, bishop

• Greek: επίσκοπος (epískopos)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: پسقپوس (piskopos), փիսգօփօս (piskopos) — Armeno-Turkish
    • Turkish: piskopos
  • → Romanian: episcop
• → Aghwan: 𐔼𐕚𐕄𐔰𐕗𐕒𐕚 (isḳaṗos)
• → Arabic: أسقف (osqof) (see there for further descendants)
• → Aramaic: אפיסקופא

  Classical Syriac: ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ

• → Bulgarian: епископ (episkop)
• → Coptic: ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ (episkopos) (see there for further descendants)
• → Georgian: ეპისკოპოსი (eṗisḳoṗosi), ეპისკოპოზი (eṗisḳoṗozi)
• → Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍀𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌿𐍃 (aipiskaupus)
• → Latin: episcopus, *ebiscopus, *biscopus, *biscopo (see there for further descendants)
• → Macedonian: епископ (episkop)
• → Middle Persian: *uskōpā
  • Persian: سکوبا (sokubâ)
• → Old Armenian: եպիսկոպոս (episkopos) (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Church Slavonic: ѥпискоупъ (jepiskupŭ)
• → Old East Slavic: епископъ (jepiskopŭ), епискꙋпъ (jepiskupŭ), ѥпископъ (jepiskopŭ)
  • Belarusian: епіскап (jepiskap)
  • Russian: епи́скоп (jepískop) (see there for further descendants)
  • Ukrainian: єпископ (jepyskop)
• → Old Novgorodian: ѥпископъ (jepiskopŭ)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ѐпископ

  Latin script: èpiskop

From ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) +‎ σκοπός (skopós, “aim, target”).

ἐπίσκοπος • (epískopos) m or f (neuter ἐπίσκοπον); second declension

1. hitting the mark, target
2. successful

• “ἐπίσκοπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπίσκοπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐπίσκοπος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐπίσκοπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἐπίσκοπος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἐπίσκοπος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1985 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • guard idem, page 376.
  • guardian idem, page 377.
  • inspector idem, page 445.
  • overseer idem, page 586.
  • protector idem, page 653.
  • steward idem, page 816.
  • superintendent idem, page 839.
  • supervisor idem, page 840.
  • tutelary idem, page 903.
  • warder idem, page 964.
  • watcher idem, page 967.