Lexical Definition

‎ἐπισκέπτομαι‎ episképtomai (ep-ee-skep'-tom-ahee) to visit/care for ^G:V
middle voice from ‎ἐπί‎ and the base of ‎σκοπός‎

look out, visit.

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

Abbott-Smith

ἐπι-σκέπτομαι (late form of ἐπισκοπέω, q.v.), [in LXX very freq., chiefly for פָּקַד ;]
1. to inspect, examine.
2. (a) to visit: c. acc, Ac 7:23 15:36 (cf. Jg 15:1); especially, the sick and afflicted (as in MGr. and sometimes in cl.), Mt 25:36, 43, Ja 1:27 (cf. Si 7:35);
(b) in LXX and NT (as פָּקַד in Ge 21:1, Ex 4:31, Ps 8:5*, al.), to visit with help, to care for: Lk 1:68, 78 7:16, Ac 15:14, He 2:6;
(c) to visit with punishment (Je 9:25*, Ps 88(89):33, al.; cf. MM, Exp., xiv; Cremer, 863).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐπισκέπτομαι-ομαι,

={ἐπισκοπέω}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2. pass in review: hence, number a host, [LXX]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.1Kgs.15.4}