To visit/care for
ἐπισκέπτομαιStrong’s G1980episkeptomai
Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament
In short
Episkeptomai is the Greek word usually translated “visit”, “visited” and “did you visit”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.
“Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.”
Meaning
Usually translated “visit”, “visited” and “did you visit”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to visit 2
- you visited 1
- did you visit 1
- he has visited 1
- will visit 1
- has visited 1
- do select 1
- visited 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 4
- Luke 3
- Matthew 2
- Hebrews 1
- James 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
- Luke 1:68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
- Luke 1:78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
- 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.
- 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.
- Acts 7:23And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
Greek dictionary
ἐπισκέπτομαι episkeptomai · to visit/care for
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “visit” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VIS'IT, verb transitive
[Latin visito, viso, to go to see. We see the sense is to go, to move to.]
- To go or come to see; to attend.
- To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits those persons or works which are under his care.
- To salute with a present.“Samson visited his wife with a kid” Judges 15:1
- To go to and to use; as, to visit the springs.
All definitions and other forms of “visit”
VIS'IT, verb intransitive
To keep up the interchange of civilities and salutations; to practice going to see others. We ought not to visit for pleasure or ceremony on the sabbath.
VIS'IT, noun
- The act of going to see another, or of calling at his house; a waiting on; as a visit of civility or respect; a visit of ceremony; a short visit; a long visit; a pleasant visit
- The act of going to see; as a visit to Saratoga or to Niagara.
- A going to see or attending on; as the visit of a physician.
- The act of going to view or inspect; as the visit of a trustee or inspector.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.