Dictionaries :: Visit

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Visit:

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, 78; 7:16; Act 15:14; Hbr 2:6;

(b) "to visit" the sick and afflicted, Mat 25:36, 43; Jam 1:27;

(c) "to go and see," "pay a visit to," Act 7:23; 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.

Visit:

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."

Visit:

for which see BRING, No. 6, is rendered "visiteth (with wrath)" in Rom 3:5, RV, AV, "taketh (vengeance)."