ἐπισκέπτομαι

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, ApG 7,23; 15,36 (cf. Dom 15,1); especially, the sick and afflicted (as in MGr. and sometimes in cl.), Matt 25,36, 43, Jak 1,27 (cf. Sir 7,35);

(b) in LXX and NT (as פָּקַד in 1 Mos 21,1, 2 Mos 4,31, Sl 8,5, al.), to visit with help, to care for: Luk 1,68, 78; 7,16, ApG 15,14, Hebr 2,6;

(with) to visit with punishment (Jer 9,25, Sl 89,33, al.; cf. MM, Exp., xiv; Cremer, 863).†