o-ver-se'-er, or -ser': One who overlooks, inspects; in the Old Testament from natsach (2Ch 2:18; in2Ch 34:13the 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" inGe 41:34, and for "rulers" in1Ch 26:32); in the New Testament once for episkopos, inAc 20:28, where the Revised Version (British and American) has "bishops" (margin "overseers"; compare1Pe 5:2).
SeeBISHOP.