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 7:2315:36 (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, 787:16, 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).†