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Strong's #1980 - ἐπισκέπτομαι
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- to look upon or after, to inspect, examine with the eyes
- in order to see how he is, i.e. to visit, go to see one
- the poor and afflicted, the sick
- to look upon in order to help or to benefit
- to look after, have care for, provide for: of God
- to look (about) for, look out (one to choose, employ, etc.)
- in order to see how he is, i.e. to visit, go to see one
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ἐπισκέπτ-ομαι,
1. = cross ἐπισκοπέω, Hp. Prorrh. 2.1, Men. 710, S.E. M. 5.89, Plu. 2.129c, etc.
2.. pass in review: hence, number a host, LXX 1 Samuel 15:4.
ἐπισκέπτομαι; future 3 person singular ἐπισκέψεται, Luke 1:78 Tr marginal reading WH; 1 aorist ἐπεσκεψάμην; from Herodotus down; the Sept. often for פָּקַד; to look upon or after, to inspect, examine with the eyes;
a. τινα, in order to see how he is, i. e. to visit, go to see one: Acts 7:23; Acts 15:36, (Judges 15:1); the poor and afflicted, James 1:27; the sick, Matthew 25:36, 43, (Sir. 7:35; Xenophon, mem. 3, 11, 10; Plutarch, mor., p. 129 c. (de sanirate praecept. 15 at the beginning); Lucian, philops. 6, and in medical writers).
b. Hebraistically, to look upon in order to help or to benefit, equivalent to to look after, have a care for, provide for, of God: τινα, Luke 7:16; Hebrews 2:6 (Genesis 21:1; Exodus 4:31; Psalm 8:5; Psalm 79:15
c. to look (about) for, look out (one to choose, employ, etc.): Acts 6:3.
STRONGS NT 1980a: ἐπισκευάζω ἐπισκευάζω: to furnish with things necessary; middle, to furnish oneself or for oneself: ἐπισκευασάμενοι, having gathered and made ready the things necessary for the journey, Acts 21:15 L T Tr WH, for R G ἀποσκευασάμενοι (which see in its place).
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ἐπι -σκέπτομαι
(late form of ἐπισκοπέω , q.v.),
[in LXX very freq., chiefly for H6485;]
1. to inspect, examine.
2. (a) to visit: c. acc, Acts 7:23; Acts 15:36 (cf. Judges 15:1); especially, the sick and afflicted (as in MGr. and sometimes in cl.), Matthew 25:36; Matthew 25:43, James 1:27 (cf. Sirach 7:35);
(b) in LXX and NT (as H6485 in Genesis 21:1, Exodus 4:31, Psalms 8:5, al.), to visit with help, to care for: Luke 1:68; Luke 1:78; Luke 7:16, Acts 15:14, Hebrews 2:6;
(c) to visit with punishment (Jeremiah 9:25, Psalms 89:33, al.; cf. MM, Exp., xiv; Cremer, 863).†
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ἐπισκέπτομαι is common = ";inspect,"; ";examine,"; ";inquire into,"; e.g. P Lond 887.8 (iii/B.C.) (= III. p. 1) καὶ ἀνακαλεσ [ά ]μενον αὐτο ̣, [ν ] ἐ ̣πισκέψασθαι περὶ τούτων, P Hamb I. 25.2 (B.C. 238) γράφ [ε ]ις ̣ μοι ἐπισκεψάμενον περὶ ὧν ἐγκαλεῖ Διομέδων Κάλαι, P Petr II. 10(1).23 (a complaint from the Royal Gooseherds) ἀποστεῖλαι ἡμῶν τὸ ὑπόμνημα εἰς τὸ λογιστήριον ἐπισκέψασθαι, ";that you should send our minute to the Treasury Office to be examined"; (Ed.), and P Tebt I. 58.14 (B.C. 111) where a tax-farmer describes how by means of a bribe he had ";obtained a view of"; (ἐπεσκεψάμην) the document containing his rival’s offer. For the passive see BGU I. 73.15 (A.D. 135) (= Chrest. II. p. 228) ἐπιλαβοῦσι τὸν χρ [η ]ματισμ [ὸ ]ν ἐπε [σ ]κε [μ ]μένον, and P Ryl II. 426 Fr. 4 (ii/iii A.D.) fragments of a report on land, where, at the end of each section, the result of the ἐπίσκεψις is noted, as .9 ἐ ̣π (εσκέφθησαν) ἀβρ (όχου) (ἄρ.) εἴκοσι ο ̣̔̓[κτώ (cf. Archiv i. p. 151). The meaning ";visit,"; as in Acts 7:23, is found in P Lille I. 6.5 (iii/B.C.) διαβάντος μου. . . ἐπεσκέψασθαι τὴν ἀδελφή [ν : cf. the Christian amulet P Oxy VIII. 1151.28 (V/A.D. ?) ἴασαι καὶ ἐπίσκεψαι καὶ τὴν δούλην σου Ἰωαννίαν. With the use of the verb in Acts 6:3 we may compare P Petr II. 37 2b verso.4 (iii/B.C.) ἐπισκεψάμενος ἐν ἀρχῆι ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαι ἔργα, P Oxy III. 533.20 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐπισκέψασθε ἐκ τοῦ λογιστηρίου τοῦ στρα (τηγοῦ) ἐπιστολ (ὴν) τοῦ διοικητοῦ, ";look out at the office of the strategus a letter of the diœcetes"; (Edd.). The simplex is found P Cairo Preis 48.6 (ii/A.D.) τὸ μὲν πλοῖόν σοι, ὡς ἠθέλησας, σκέψομαι, and for ἐνσκέπτομαι see P Lond 106.28 (iii/B.C.) (= I. p. 61). For the title ἐπισκέπτης see P Lond 1171.63 (B.C. 8) (= III. p. 179) τιμῆς οἴνου τοῖς ἐπισκέπτ [αι ]ς (δραχμὰς) κ ̄, P Oxy III. 589 (ii/A.D.) ἐπισκέπτηι τῶν παρὰ ποταμὸν ἐδαφῶν, P Flor I. 6.14 (A.D. 210) ἐπισκέπτης γ [ὰ ]ρ ἐχειροτονήθην, and the exx. in P Strass I. 78 Introd., and for ἐπίσκεψις, P Par 6.27 (B.C. 129) τὴν προσήκουσ [αν ] ἐξ ἐπισκέψεως διάληψ [ιν ] ποιήσασθαι, P Oxy XII. 1446.35, .92 (A.D. 161–210), al.
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