Word

ἐπισκοπέω

episkopéō · G1983 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

to look after, to take care of, to see to

To care for or look after, with the implication of continuous responsibility

Examples
Hebrews 12:15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
to give careful attention to, to consider carefully, to guard against

To give careful consideration to something, with the implication of guarding against

Examples
Hebrews 12:15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

Not stated (participle) 2

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ὑστερέωto lack 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

κατάaccording to, against, down+ θεόςGod 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 2 groups

αἰσχροκερδῶςshamefully greedy 1
μήnot 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

προνοέω pronoéō · G4306 · to give attention beforehand, to have in mind to do, foresight: The target term and προνοέω (“to consider in advance, to look out for beforehand”) both belong to the field of care and oversight, the target denoting present supervisory attention and προνοέω denoting advance forethought or provision — complementary temporal orientations within genuine overlap.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To give careful attention to, to consider carefully, to guard against30.46: Hebrews 12:15 warns, “See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble,” ἐπισκοπέω marking the vigilant, careful attention believers must give to guard against such a root taking hold.
To look after, to take care of, to see to35.39: That same exhortation in Hebrews 12:15 to “see to it” also carries the sense of actively looking after the spiritual welfare of the community, ἐπισκοπέω marking the communal oversight needed to keep watch over one another.

Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

σκοπός skopós · G4649 · goal · 1×ἐπισκέπτομαι episképtomai · G1980 · to select carefully, to choose after careful investigation, to visit · 11×σκοπέω skopéō · G4648 · to watch, to notice carefully, to beware of · 6×ἐπίσκοπος epískopos · G1985 · one responsible for, one who cares for, guardian · 5×ἐπισκοπή episkopḗ · G1984 · coming, visitation, office · 4×ἐπισκοπέωepiskopéō · G1983κατασκοπέω kataskopéō · G2684 · to observe secretly, to spy out · 1×κατάσκοπος katáskopos · G2685 · spy, secret agent · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπισκόπω; to look upon, inspect, oversee, look after, care for: spoken of the care of the…

ἐπισκόπω; to look upon, inspect, oversee, look after, care for: spoken of the care of the church which rested upon the presbyters, 1 Pet 5:2 (T WH omit) (with τήν ἐκκλησίαν added, Ignatius ad Rom. 9, 1 [ET]); followed by μή (which see II. 1 a.) equivalent to Latincaveo, to look carefully, beware: Heb 12:15. (Often by Greek writings from Aeschylus down.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

To Think About, with the Implied Purpose of Responding Appropriately1 occurrence Care For, Take Care Of1 occurrence Roles and Functions1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0