ἘΠΙΣΚΈΠΤΟΜΑΙ: ἐπι-σκέπτομαι [ (late form of ἐπισκοπέω, q.v.), [in LXX very freq., chiefly for פָּקַד ;] ] 1. . to inspect, examine.
2. . (a) to visit: c. acc, Ac 7:23 15:36 (cf. Jg 15:1); especially, the sick and afflicted (as in MGr. and sometimes in cl.), Mt 25:36, 43, Ja 1:27 (cf. Si 7:35); (b) . in LXX and NT (as פָּקַד in Ge 21:1, Ex 4:31, Ps 8:5, al.), to visit with help, to care for: Lk 1:68, 78 7:16, Ac 15:14, He 2:6; (c) . to visit with punishment (Je 9:25, Ps 88(89):33, al.; cf. MM, Exp., xiv; Cremer, 863).†