2 Chronicles 2:18
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
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Overseers
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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.
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5 occurrences in 5 verses.
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נָצַח
nâtsach · naw-tsakh'
3 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent
Strong's KJV usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 2:18Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 34:13
Open full H5329 profile →ἐπίσκοπος
epískopos · ep-is'-kop-os
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
a superintendent, i.e. Christian officer in genitive case charge of a (or the) church (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--bishop, overseer.
Strong's first: Acts 20:28Strong's last: Acts 20:28
Open full G1985 profile →פָּקַד
pâqad · paw-kad'
1 times translated as this KJV form304 total Strong's occurrences
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: appoint, × at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, × by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, × surely, visit, want.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 34:17Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 34:17
Open full H6485 profile →פָּקִיד
pâqîyd · paw-keed'
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
a superintendent (civil, military or religious)
Strong's KJV usage: which had the charge, governor, office, overseer, (that) was set.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 31:13Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 31:13
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H5329
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
H6496
And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
H5329
And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
H5329
Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
H6485
And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.
G1985
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.
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overseer
OVERSEE'R, noun
1. One who overlooks; a superintendent; a supervisor.
2. An officer who has the care of the poor or of an idiot, etc.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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