Meaning
primarily, "to inspect" (a late form of episkopeo, "to look upon, care for, excercise oversight"), signifies (a) "to visit" with help, of the act of God, Luk 1:68, Luk 1:78, Luk 7:16, Act 15:14, Heb 2:6; (b) "to visit" the sick and afflicted, Mat 25:36, Mat 25:43, Jam 1:27; (c) "to go and see," "pay a visit to," Act 7:23, Act 15:36; (d) "to look out" certain men for a purpose, Act 6:3. See LOOK.
Note: In the Sept., "to visit with punishment," e.g., Psa 89:32, Jer 9:25.
<2,,2477, historeo>
from histor, "one learned in anything," denotes "to visit" in order to become acquainted with, Gal 1:18, RV, "visit" (AV, "see"), RV marg., "become acquainted with."
<3,,2018, epiphero>
for which see BRING, No. 6, is rendered "visiteth (with wrath)" in Rom 3:5, RV, AV, "taketh (vengeance)."
