Strong’s definition
inspection (for relief); by implication, superintendence; specially, the Christian "episcopate"
KJV gloss list in the source
the office of a "bishop", bishoprick, visitation
Derivation recorded by Strong
from G1980 (ἐπισκέπτομαι);
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