Overseer
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ISBE 191510 verse references
ISBE 1915
o-ver-se'-er, or -ser': One who overlooks, inspects; in the Old Testament from natsach (2Ch 2:18; in 2Ch 34:13 the Revised Version (British and American) changes to "set forward"), and paqadh (Ge 39:4,5; 2Ch 34:12,17; the Revised Version (British and American) has this word for the King James Version "officers" in Ge 41:34, and for "rulers" in 1Ch 26:32); in the New Testament once for episkopos, in Ac 20:28, where the Revised Version (British and American) has "bishops" (margin "overseers"; compare 1Pe 5:2).
See BISHOP.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain
In Scripture
2 Chronicles 2:182 Chronicles 34:13Genesis 39:4Genesis 39:52 Chronicles 34:122 Chronicles 34:17Genesis 41:341 Chronicles 26:32Acts 20:281 Peter 5:2
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