Episkeptomai ἐπισκέπτομαι
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| ἐπισκέπτομαι | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | episkeptomai |
| Strong's number | G1980 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to visit/care for |
| Occurrences | 11 in 11 verses |
| Most frequent in | Acts (4) |
Episkeptomai (Greek ἐπισκέπτομαι, Strong's G1980) is a Greek verb meaning “to visit/care for”. It occurs 11 times in 11 verses of the New Testament.
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, Act.7:23 15:36 (cf. Jdg.15:1); especially, the sick and afflicted (as in MGr. and sometimes in cl.), Mat.25:36, 43, Jas.1:27 (cf. Sir.7:35);
(b) in LXX and NT (as פָּקַד in Gen.21:1, Exo.4:31, Psa.8:5, al.), to visit with help, to care for: Luk.1:68, 78 7:16, Act.15:14, Heb.2:6;
(with) to visit with punishment (Jer.9:25, Psa.89:33, al.; cf. MM, Exp., xiv; Cremer, 863).†
(AS)
(late form of ἐπισκοπέω, which see), [in LXX very freq., chiefly for פָּקַד ;]
1. to inspect, examine.
2. (a) to visit: with accusative, Act.7:23 15:36 (cf. Jdg.15:1); especially, the sick and afflicted (as in MGr. and sometimes in cl.), Mat.25:36, 43, Jas.1:27 (cf. Sir.7:35);
(b) in LXX and NT (as פָּקַד in Gen.21:1, Exo.4:31, Psa.8:5, al.), to visit with help, to care for: Luk.1:68, 78 7:16, Act.15:14, Heb.2:6;
(with) to visit with punishment (Jer.9:25, Psa.89:33, al.; cf. MM, Exp., xiv; Cremer, 863).†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | visit (4), visited (3), ye visited (2), out (1), visitest (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | visit (2), you looked after (1), he has visited (1), will visit (1), has visited (1), select (1), visited (1), you care (1), care (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Episkeptomai, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Matthew
- Matthew 25:36Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
- Matthew 25:43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.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 visit Me.’
Luke
- Luke 1:68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
- Luke 1:78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
- Luke 7:16And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.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!”
Acts
- Acts 6:3Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will appoint this responsibility to them
- Acts 7:23And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
- Acts 15:14Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
- Acts 15:36And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.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.”
Hebrews
- Hebrews 2:6But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?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?
James
- James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.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.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).