Definition

to inspect, i.e. (by implication) to select; by extension, to go to see, relieve

Etymology

middle voice from G1909 (ἐπί) and the base of G4649 (σκοπός);

Word family

• ἐπί epí
• σκοπός skopós

How the KJV renders it

• look out
• visit

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.