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oversight

Meaning of “oversight”

Sense 1: Supervision, charge, care, responsibility, or watchful direction over persons, work, property, or ministry. Sense 2: An unintended failure to notice, mistake, or omission.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

11 occurrences11 verses7 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 43:12

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1 Peter 5:2

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Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 1 Peter 5:2 · retained source text

Feede the flocke of God which is among you, taking the ouersight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly: not for filthy lucre, but of a ready minde:

1611 marginal noteOr, as much as in you is.