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oÌ„-vẽr-sē´ẽr, or -seÌ„Ì„r´: One who overlooks, inspects; in the Old Testament from × ×¦×—, naÌ„cahÌ£ (; in the Revised Version (British and American) changes to “set forwardâ€), and פּקד, paÌ„kÌ£adh (, ; , ; the Revised Version (British and American) has this word for the King James Version “officers†in , and for “rulers†in ); in the New Testament once for ἐπιÌσκοπος, epıÌskopos, in , where the Revised Version (British and American) has “bishops†(margin “overseersâ€; compare ). See BISHOP.