to oversee/care for

Greek Verb

ἐπι-σκοπέω, -ῶ [in LXX for פָּקַד ni, etc;] 1) to look upon, observe, examine: before μή, Heb.12:16. 2) As ἐπισκέπτομαι in LXX, NT, to visit, care for: 1Pe.5:2 (R, txt; WH cm; Cremer, 527). (AS)

to oversee/care for

Greek Verb

ἐπισκοπ-έω, future -σκέψομαι, later -σκοπήσω[Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist -εσκεψάμην, later -εσκόπησα[Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect ἐπέσκεμμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in passive sense, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—look upon or at, inspect, observe, ἱστορίας καὶ τἆλλα ἔγγραφα [Refs 2nd c.BC+] (also in middle, ἐ. τὸ περίχωμα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; regard, τἄμ᾽ ἐ. κακά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of tutelary gods, Θηβαΐας ἐπισκοποῦντ᾽ ἀγυιάς, of Bacchus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ Δῆμ᾽, ἐναργῶς ἡ θεός σ᾽ ἐπισκοπεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of a ruler, ἐ. τὴν πολιτείαν [Refs 5th c.BC+] observed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. μή. take care lest, [NT] 2). visit, ὦ θάνατε, νῦν μ᾽ ἐπίσκεψαι μολών [Refs 5th c.BC+]; visit as a friend (ironically), [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially visit the sick, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the physician, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, εὐνὴν ὀνείροις οὐκ ἐπισκοπουμένην visited not by dreams, i.e. sleepless, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 3). of a general, inspect, review, τὰς τάξεις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ὅπλα [Refs 4th c.BC+] 4). consider, reflect, meditate, ὅ τι ἂν μέλλῃς ἐρεῖν, πρότερον ἐπισκόπει τῇ γνώμῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐ. πρός τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, examine with oneself, meditate, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, perfect (see.above). 5). exercise the office of ἐπίσκοπος, variant in [NT]

Greek

Verb

to oversee; by implication, to beware; look diligently, take the oversight; from g1909 (ἐπί) and g4648 (σκοπέω)