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.
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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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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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