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ἐπισκέπτομαι

episkeptomaito visit/care forHow to read Greek
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Definition

ἐπι-σκέπτομαι

(late form of ἐπισκοπέω, which see), [in LXX very freq., chiefly for פָּקַד ;]

1. to inspect, examine.

2. (a) to visit: with accusative, Acts 7:23; 15:36 (cf. Judges 15:1); especially, the sick and afflicted (as in MGr. and sometimes in cl.), Matthew 25:36, 43, James 1:27 (cf. Sir.7.35);

(b) in LXX and NT (as פָּקַד in Genesis 21:1, Exodus 4:31, Psalm 8:5, al.), to visit with help, to care for: Luke 1:68, 78; 7:16, Acts 15:14, Hebrews 2:6;

(with) to visit with punishment (Jeremiah 9:25, Psalm 89:33, al.; cf. MM, Exp., xiv; Cremer, 863).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἐπισκέπτομαι:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

11 total
  1. Matthew 25:36ἐπεσκέψασθέ · you looked after
    I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
  2. Matthew 25:43ἐπεσκέψασθέ · you did not look after
    I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after Me.’
  3. Luke 1:68ἐπεσκέψατο · He has visited
    “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
  4. Luke 1:78ἐπισκέψεται · will visit
    …because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
  5. Luke 7:16Ἐπεσκέψατο · has visited
    A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”
  6. Acts 6:3ἐπισκέψασθε · select
    Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will assign this responsibility to them
  7. Acts 7:23ἐπισκέψασθαι · to visit
    When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
  8. Acts 15:14ἐπεσκέψατο · visited [the Gentiles]
    Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
  9. Acts 15:36ἐπισκεψώμεθα · [and] visit
    Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
  10. Hebrews 2:6ἐπισκέπτῃ · You care for
    But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
  11. James 1:27ἐπισκέπτεσθαι · to care for
    Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.