Strong's Greek · G1980

ἐπισκέπτομαι

episképtomai

look out, visit

Definition

to inspect, i.e. (by implication) to select; by extension, to go to see, relieve

Derivation

middle voice from G1909 (ἐπί) and the base of G4649 (σκοπός);

Appears 11 times in Scripture

Matthew 25:36

I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’

James 1:27

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.

Acts 15:36

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.”

Luke 7:16

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!”

Luke 1:68

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.

Matthew 25:43

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.’

Hebrews 2:6

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?

Acts 15:14

Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.

Luke 1:78

because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,

Acts 6:3

Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will assign this responsibility to them

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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