"to prepare for a journey, Acts 21:15*"
Definition and meaning
to prepare for a journey, Acts 21:15*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἐπισκευάζομαι
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of episkeuazomai (G1980) across the King James Bible.
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
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Common questions
Strong's G1980 (episkeuazomai) is a Greek word that means: to prepare for a journey, Acts 21:15* It appears 11 times in the King James Bible.
The word episkeuazomai (G1980) appears 11 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1980 is episkeuazomai, a Greek word defined as: to prepare for a journey, Acts 21:15*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
episkeuazomai is a Greek word found in the New Testament.