What does ἐπισκέπτομαι (episképtomai) mean in the Bible?
ἐπισκέπτομαι (episképtomai): To visit with purposeful care or intervention—either merciful aid or judicial punishment.
Greek · G1980
ἐπισκέπτομαι
To visit/care for
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ἐπισκέπτομαι G1980
Pronunciation episképtomai
What does ἐπισκέπτομαι (episképtomai) mean in the Bible?
ἐπισκέπτομαι (episképtomai): To visit with purposeful care or intervention—either merciful aid or judicial punishment.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1980?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [and] visit (1), has visited (1), He has visited (1), select (1), to care for (1).
Where does ἐπισκέπτομαι (episképtomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 25:36. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (4), Luke (3), Matthew (2), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [and] visit 1× Acts 15:36
has visited 1× Luke 7:16
He has visited 1× Luke 1:68
select 1× Acts 6:3
to care for 1× James 1:27
to visit 1× Acts 7:23
visited [the Gentiles] 1× Acts 15:14
will visit 1× Luke 1:78
You care for 1× Hebrews 2:6
you did not look after 1× Matthew 25:43
you looked after 1× Matthew 25:36
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 25:36 ἐπεσκέψασθέ to you looked after Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural Matthew 25:43 ἐπεσκέψασθέ to you did not look after Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural Luke 1:68 ἐπεσκέψατο to He has visited Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Luke 1:78 ἐπισκέψεται to will visit Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Luke 7:16 Ἐπεσκέψατο to has visited Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Acts 6:3 ἐπισκέψασθε to select Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Plural Acts 7:23 ἐπισκέψασθαι to to visit Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle Acts 15:14 ἐπεσκέψατο to visited [the Gentiles] Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Acts 15:36 ἐπισκεψώμεθα to [and] visit Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 1st Person Plural Hebrews 2:6 ἐπισκέπτῃ to You care for Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 25:36
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 5
Matthew 2 Luke 3 Acts 4 Hebrews 1 James 1
Source forms
ἐπεσκέψασθέ 2x epeskepsasthe Matthew 25:36, Matthew 25:43
ἐπεσκέψατο 2x epeskepsato Luke 1:68, Acts 15:14
Ἐπεσκέψατο 1x Epeskepsato Luke 7:16
ἐπισκέπτεσθαι 1x episkeptesthai James 1:27
ἐπισκέπτῃ 1x episkeptē Hebrews 2:6
ἐπισκέψασθαι 1x episkepsasthai Acts 7:23
ἐπισκέψασθε 1x episkepsasthe Acts 6:3
ἐπισκέψεται 1x episkepsetai Luke 1:78
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 3x Luke 1:68, Luke 7:16, Acts 15:14
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural 2x Matthew 25:36, Matthew 25:43
Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Plural 1x Acts 6:3
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle 1x Acts 7:23
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 1st Person Plural 1x Acts 15:36
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 1x Luke 1:78
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular 1x Hebrews 2:6
Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive 1x James 1:27
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To visit with purposeful care or intervention—either merciful aid or judicial punishment.
Strong's G1980
Lexical occurrences 11 verses Greek text appearances 11 times Word forms 4 forms 11 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 7:11–17 Source Gloss
to visit/care for
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
11 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 25:36 Verb Second Person Plural Aorist Middle Deponent Indicative
ἐπεσκέψασθέ epeskeyasqe
I look upon, visit, look out, select
Read verse Matthew 25:43 Verb Second Person Plural Aorist Middle Deponent Indicative
ἐπεσκέψασθέ epeskeyasqe
I look upon, visit, look out, select
Read verse Luke 1:68 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Middle Deponent Indicative
ἐπεσκέψατο epeskeyato
I look upon, visit, look out, select
Read verse Luke 1:78 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Middle Deponent Indicative
ἐπεσκέψατο epeskeyato
I look upon, visit, look out, select
Read verse Luke 7:16 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Middle Deponent Indicative
Ἐπεσκέψατο epeskeyato
I look upon, visit, look out, select
Read verse Acts 6:3 Verb Second Person Plural Aorist Middle Deponent Imperative
ἐπισκέψασθε episkeyasqe
I look upon, visit, look out, select
Read verse Acts 7:23 Verb Aorist Middle Deponent Infinitive
ἐπισκέψασθαι episkeyasqai
I look upon, visit, look out, select
Read verse Acts 15:14 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Middle Deponent Indicative
ἐπεσκέψατο epeskeyato
I look upon, visit, look out, select
Read verse Acts 15:36 Verb First Person Plural Aorist Middle Deponent Subjunctive
ἐπισκεψώμεθα episkeywmeqa
I look upon, visit, look out, select
Read verse Hebrews 2:6 Verb Second Person Singular Present Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
ἐπισκέπτῃ episkepth
I look upon, visit, look out, select
Read verse James 1:27 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Infinitive
ἐπισκέπτεσθαι episkeptesqai
I look upon, visit, look out, select
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
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Form groups 4 Aligned forms 11 Tenses Aorist, Future, Present Voices Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 7×
Aorist Middle Luke 1:68 · Luke 7:16 · Acts 15:14 · Matt 25:36 · Matt 25:43 5×
Future Middle Luke 1:78 1×
Present Middle Heb 2:6 1×
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Aorist Middle Acts 6:3 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 2×
Aorist Middle Acts 7:23 1×
Present Middle Jas 1:27 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×
Aorist Middle Acts 15:36 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 11 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 8 present 2 future 1
Voice
middle 11
Mood
indicative 7 infinitive 2 imperative 1 subjunctive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 25:36 ἐπεσκέψασθέ aorist middle indicative completed Matthew 25:43 ἐπεσκέψασθέ aorist middle indicative completed Luke 1:68 ἐπεσκέψατο aorist middle indicative completed Luke 1:78 ἐπισκέψεται future middle indicative prospective Luke 7:16 Ἐπεσκέψατο aorist middle indicative completed Acts 6:3 ἐπισκέψασθε aorist middle imperative imperative Acts 7:23 ἐπισκέψασθαι aorist middle infinitive infinitive Acts 15:14 ἐπεσκέψατο aorist middle indicative completed Acts 15:36 ἐπισκεψώμεθα aorist middle subjunctive subjunctive Hebrews 2:6 ἐπισκέπτῃ present middle indicative ongoing James 1:27 ἐπισκέπτεσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Additional Occurrences
Luke 1:67–79 ἐπεσκέψατο episképtomai
Visited
Luke 7:11–17 ἐπεσκέψατο episképtomai
Has visited
New Testament Witnesses
visited
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 11 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἐπισκέπτομαι is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Indicates divine covenant intervention.
Canonical Themes
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain