ἐπισκέπτομαι
episkeptomai
to visit/care for
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek verb ἐπισκέπτομαι (episkeptomai) is typically translated to visit or care for. Its core meaning revolves around the idea of paying close attention to, visiting, or providing care for someone or something. This verb can be used to describe attention given to a person's well-being or financial matters. The verb ἐπισκέπτομαι is used in a variety of contexts within the Bible, suggesting a range of application that encompasses personal relationships, financial assistance, and spiritual guidance. Its occurrences in the text do not suggest a particular emphasis on visiting or caring for in the classical sense of traveling to a place. Instead, it often connotes giving attention or providing care to someone in need. The significance of ἐπισκέπτομαι to a general audience lies in its portrayal of concern for the welfare of others. It emphasizes the importance of paying attention to and providing care for those who require assistance, whether material or emotional. Understanding this verb offers insight into biblical values related to kindness, generosity, and support of those in need.
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Occurrences in Scripture
11 total occurrences across the text
I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’
Matthew 25:43I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’
Luke 1:68“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;
Luke 1:78because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us,
Luke 7:16Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”
Acts 6:3Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
Acts 7:23But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
Acts 15:14Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.
Acts 15:36After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
Hebrews 2:6But one has somewhere testified, saying, “What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?
James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.