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ἐπισκοπῆς (episkopes)

ἐπισκοπῆς is an Ancient Greek form of ἐπισκοπέω, meaning “look at, inspect, observe”. It is the 2nd person singular present active indicative or 2nd person singular present active subjunctive.

It can also be a form of ἐπισκοπή, “oversight, visitation”.

Found 48 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

New Testament, Luke 19.44: καὶ ἐδαφιοῦσίν σε καὶ τὰ τέκνα σου ἐν σοί, καὶ οὐκ ἀφήσουσιν λίθον ἐπὶ λίθον ἐν σοί, ἀνθʼ ὧν οὐκ ἔγνως τὸν καιρὸν τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς σου.

Lucian of Samosata, Dialogi mortuorum 20.2: … ἐκόμισα εὖ ποιῶν. Ἔμβαινε, ὦ Μένιππε ἀνδρῶν ἄριστε, καὶ τὴν προεδρίαν ἔχε παρὰ τὸν κυβερνήτην ἐφ' ὑψηλοῦ, ὡς ἐπισκοπῇς ἅπαντας.

All forms of ἐπισκοπέω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.