ἐπίσκοπος
Scaife ATLAS
Cambridge Greek Lexicon
ShortDef
one who watches over, an overseer, guardian
hitting the mark
Debugging
Headword:
ἐπίσκοπος
Headword (normalized):
ἐπίσκοπος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
επισκοπος
Intro Text:
IDX:
14863
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-14864
Key:
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Data
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