Quick Definition
ἀλλοτριοεπίσκοπος, ου, ὁ n.m. a prier into other men’s affairs
Strong's Definition
from 245 and 1985; overseeing others' affairs, i.e. a meddler (specially, in Gentile customs)
KJV Usage: busybody in other men's matters
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | ἀλλάσσω + σκοπέω
88.245 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Being a Busybody
busybody, meddler one who busies himself in the affairs of others in an unwarranted manner
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀλλοτριο-επίσκοπος (1, Τ Tr WH ἀλλοτριεπ.), -ov, 6, (ἀλλότριος and ἐπίσκοπος), one who takes the supervision of affairs pertaining to others and in no wise to himself, [a meddler in other men’s matters |: 1 Pet. iv. 15 (the writer seems to refer to those who, with holy but intemperate zeal, meddle with the affairs of the Gentiles — whether public or private, civil or sacred —in order to make them conform to the Christian standard). [Hilgenfeld (cf. Einl. ins N. T. p. 630) would make it equiv. to the Lat. delator.| The word is found again only in Dion. Areop. ep. 8 p. 783 (of one who intrudes into another’s office), and [Germ. of Const. ep. 2 ad Cypr. ce. 9, in] Coteler. Eccl. Graec. Mon. ii. 481 b.; [ef. W. 25, 99 (94)].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀλλοτριεπίσκοπος allotriepiskopos 1x
pr. one who meddles with the affairs of others, a busybody in other men’s matters; factious, 1 Pet. 4:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀλλοτρι-επίσκοπος (Rec. ἀλλοτριοεπ-), -ου, ὁ one who meddles in things alien to his calling: I Pe 4:15 (v. ICC, in l.; Deiss., BS, 224-4; MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀλλοτριοεπίσκοπος. For the formation of this rare word (in NT only 1 Pet 415) cf. μελλοέφηβος P Oxy IX. 1202" (A.D. 217), Serypaτοάρτ(ην) and χωματοεπιμ(ελητής) P Lond 115997 and 39 (A.D. 145-7) (=III. p. 113), the former also P Oxy I. 638 (ii/ili A.D.) τοὺς δειγματοάρτας καθ᾽ αὑτὸν ἀναπέμψαι πρὸς ζυγοστα[σ]ίαν, ‘‘send up the inspectors yourself to the examination” (Edd.). For the meaning of & Deissmann (BS p. 224) cites a synonymous phrase from BGU II. " , a\oaw 531ii.22 (ii/a.p.) οὔτε εἰμὶ ἄδικος οὔτε ἀ[λ]λοτρίων ἐπιθυμητής, and see further Zeller Stésungsherichte der Berliner Akademie, 1893, p. 129 ἢν, where the word is explained from parallels out of the popular philosophy of the day, e. g. Epict. iii. 22, 97 οὐ yap τὰ ἀλλότρια πολυπραγμονεῖ, ὅταν τὰ ἀνθρώπινα ἐπισκοπῇ, ἀλλὰ τὰ ἴδια. See also ZVTIV vii. p. 271 ff. On the possible bearing of the word on the date of 1 Pet, see Jiilicher Zytroduction to the NT, p. 213.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀλλοτριεπίσκοπος (allotriepiskopos) — meddler. Related to: ἀλλοτριο-επίσκοπος, ὁ, busybody in other men's matters, [NT]