to visit/care for
episkeptomai describes attending to people by going to them, caring for them, or acting toward them in need.
The occurrences most often describe going to people in order to see, assist, or attend to their condition; they also describe God acting toward people in care, redemption, or visitation. One occurrence directs the selection of qualified men for a stated need.
Senses in use
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Going to people with practical attention · dominant
In Acts 15:36, the first-person aorist middle form introduces a return to the brothers in each city “to see how they are.” Acts 7:23 concerns visiting Israelite brothers, while James 1:27 places the present middle infinitive in the care of orphans and widows in affliction; Matthew 25:36 and Matthew 25:43 place the aorist middle form amid responses to sickness and imprisonment.
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God's action toward people · common
Acts 15:14 uses the aorist middle indicative for God’s action toward Gentiles in taking a people for his name. In Luke 1:68 and Luke 7:16, the APB renders the clauses with God having “visited his people,” alongside redemption in the former and the people’s response to a great prophet in the latter; Luke 1:78 anticipates a future visitation, and Hebrews 2:6 pairs the present form with remembering and caring for a human.
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Selecting persons for a need · rare
In Acts 6:3, the second-person aorist middle form introduces the instruction to select seven men who are attested and full of spirit and wisdom, for appointment over the stated need. The clause shows attention directed to identifying suitable people rather than a physical visit.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term in clauses using “visit,” “care for,” and “select,” depending on the wider situation. These renderings indicate the verse-level presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.