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- o-ver-se'-er, or -ser': One who overlooks, inspects; in the Old Testament from natsach (2 Chronicles 2:18; in 2 Chronicles 34:13 the Revised Version (British and American) changes to "set forward"), and paqadh (Genesis 39:4, 5 2 Chronicles 34:12, 17; the Revised Version (British and American) has this word for the King James Version "officers" in Genesis 41:34, and for "rulers" in 1 Chronicles 26:32); in the New Testament once for episkopos, in Acts 20:28, where the Revised Version (British and...
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1. One who overlooks; a superintendent; a supervisor. 2. An officer who has the care of the poor or of an idiot, etc. Overseer, King James Bible Dictionary.
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19 Bible Verses about Overseers. Most Relevant Verses. Exodus 5:6. Verse Concepts. So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying, Ruth 2:5-6. Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?”
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. ( n.) A superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. OVERSEER.
- Acts 20:28 ESV / 76 helpful votes. Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
- 1 Peter 5:1-4 ESV / 47 helpful votes. So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.
- 1 Peter 2:25 ESV / 43 helpful votes. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- 1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 41 helpful votes. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
1. an overseer . a. a man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done by others are done rightly, any curator, guardian or superintendent . b. the superintendent, elder, or overseer of a Christian church
- ἐπίσκοπος
- G1985
- ep-is'-kop-os
- episkopos
Bible verses related to Overseer from the King James Version (KJV) by Relevance. - Sort By Book Order. Acts 20:28 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 1 Peter 5:1-4 - The elders which are among ...
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