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The concept of being "visited" in the Bible often carries significant theological and spiritual implications. It can denote divine intervention, judgment, blessing, or the fulfillment of God's promises. The term is used in various contexts throughout Scripture, reflecting God's active involvement in the lives of individuals and nations.

Divine Visitation for Blessing

One of the most profound instances of divine visitation is found in the account of Sarah and Abraham. In Genesis 21:1 , it is written, "Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised." Here, God's visitation results in the miraculous birth of Isaac, fulfilling His promise to Abraham and Sarah despite their old age. This visitation underscores God's faithfulness and His power to bring about His promises.

Visitation in Judgment

The Bible also speaks of visitation in terms of judgment. In Exodus 32:34 , God tells Moses, "Now go, lead the people to the place I told you. Behold, My angel will go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin." This passage highlights the concept of divine visitation as a time when God holds people accountable for their actions, often resulting in judgment and consequences for sin.

Visitation for Redemption

In the New Testament, the theme of visitation takes on a redemptive aspect with the coming of Jesus Christ. In Luke 1:68 , Zechariah proclaims, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people." This visitation is the ultimate act of divine intervention, where God enters human history in the person of Jesus to bring salvation and redemption to His people.

Visitation in Prophecy

Prophetic literature often speaks of visitation as a future event. In Jeremiah 29:10 , God promises, "For this is what the LORD says: 'When seventy years for Babylon are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.'" Here, visitation is associated with the fulfillment of prophecy and the restoration of God's people, demonstrating His sovereignty over history and His commitment to His covenant promises.

Personal and Communal Visitation

The Bible also records instances of personal and communal visitation. In the book of Ruth, Naomi acknowledges God's visitation in Ruth 1:6 : "Then Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food." This visitation brings relief and hope to a community in need, illustrating God's care and provision.

Spiritual Implications

The concept of being visited by God carries deep spiritual implications for believers. It serves as a reminder of God's omnipresence and His active role in the world. Divine visitation can be a source of comfort, knowing that God is near and involved in the lives of His people. It also serves as a call to readiness and faithfulness, as God's visitation can occur at any time, bringing either blessing or judgment.

In summary, the theme of visitation in the Bible encompasses a range of divine actions, from blessing and redemption to judgment and prophecy. It reflects God's ongoing relationship with His creation and His desire to fulfill His purposes in the world.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(imp. & p. p.) of Visit.
Greek
1980a. episkeptomai -- to inspect, by ext. to go to see
... to go to see NASB Word Usage concerned...about (1), concerned about (1), select
(1), visit (5), visited (3). 1980, 1980a. episkeptomai. 1980b . ...
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451. Hanna -- Anna, a prophetess
... of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Hanna Phonetic Spelling: (an'-nah) Short
Definition: Anna Definition: Anna, a prophetess, who visited the infant ...
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Strong's Hebrew
8483. Tachtim Chodshi -- a place visited by Joab
... Tachtim Chodshi. 8484 . a place visited by Joab. Transliteration: Tachtim Chodshi
Phonetic Spelling: (takh-teem' khod-shee') Short Definition: Tahtim-hodshi. ...
/hebrew/8483.htm - 6k

5674a. abar -- to pass over, through, or by, pass on
... took (1), transfer (3), transgress (4), transgressed (11), transgressing (3), travel
(1), traveler (1), turn away (2), use (2), vanish (1), visited (1), walk ...
/hebrew/5674a.htm - 7k

6485. paqad -- to attend to, visit, muster, appoint
... 1), supervisors (1), surely take care (3), take care (1), take notice (1), took
a census (1), took note (1), untouched* (1), visit (7), visited (6), visiting (4 ...
/hebrew/6485.htm - 7k

5186. natah -- to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
... 3), turn (6), turn back (1), turn aside (9), turn away (3), turned (3), turned aside
(6), turned away (4), turned...away (1), turning (1), turns (1), visited (1 ...
/hebrew/5186.htm - 7k

Library

Sins of Parents visited
... SERMON XXVI. SINS OF PARENTS VISITED. ... But now suppose, again, that the children,
when their father's sins are visited on them, are NOT incorrigible. ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon xxvi sins of parents.htm

"I visited Two Monasteries of St. ...
... Chapter XVII. "I visited two monasteries of St.? "I visited two monasteries of St.
Anthony, which are at the present day occupied by his disciples. ...
/.../severus/life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter xvii i visited two.htm

How Theodore visited all Places; How the Churches of the English ...
... II. How Theodore visited all places; how the Churches of the English began to be
instructed in the study of holy Scripture, and in the catholic truth, and how ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap ii how theodore visited.htm

The Word, Then, visited that Earth in which He was yet Always ...
... On the Incarnation of the Word. Section 8. The Word, then, visited that earth
in which He was yet always present ; and saw all these evils. ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/section 8 the word then.htm

That the Sick are to be visited.
... Third Book. 109. That the sick are to be visited. In Solomon, in Ecclesiasticus:
"Be not slack to visit the sick man; for from these ...
/.../cyprian/three books of testimonies against the jews/109 that the sick are.htm

When Christ visited us in his Grace, He did not Come to what did ...
... Against Heresies: Book V Chapter II."When Christ visited us in His grace, He did
not come to what did not belong to Him: also, by shedding His true blood for ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter ii when christ visited us.htm

Conclusion by the Editor. Tokens of Love from Many. Keeps Writing. ...
... Last Meeting with His Mother. Visited by Professors McGarvey and Graham. ... Last Meeting
with His Mother. Visited by Professors McGarvey and Graham. ...
/.../chapter xx conclusion by the.htm

Concerning Helena, the Mother of the Emperor; She visited ...
... Chapter II."Concerning Helena, the Mother of the Emperor; she visited Jerusalem,
built Temples in that City, and performed other Godly Works: Her Death. ...
/.../chapter ii concerning helena the mother.htm

Questions and Answers--Sorrowful Cases--Testimonies from those who ...
... CHAPTER IX. Questions and Answers"Sorrowful Cases"Testimonies from those
who have visited Canada"Stewardship. Questions and ...
/.../lowe/gods answers/chapter ix questions and answerssorrowful.htm

Argument: Righteous and Pious Men Shall be Rewarded with Never ...
... Chapter XXXV."Argument: Righteous and Pious Men Shall Be Rewarded with Never-Ending
Felicity, But Unrighteous Men Shall Be Visited with Eternal Punishment. ...
/.../the octavius of minucius felix/chapter xxxv argument righteous and pious.htm

Thesaurus
Visited (40 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Visit. Multi-Version Concordance Visited (40 Occurrences). Matthew
25:36 I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. ...
/v/visited.htm - 18k

Visitation (17 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of visiting, or the state of
being visited; access for inspection or examination. 2. (n ...
/v/visitation.htm - 15k

Iconium (6 Occurrences)
... It was first visited by Paul and Barnabas from Antioch-in-Pisidia during
the apostle's first missionary journey (Acts 13:50, 51). ...
/i/iconium.htm - 12k

Corinth (13 Occurrences)
... It had a large mixed population of Romans, Greeks, and Jews. When Paul first visited
the city (AD 51 or 52), Gallio, the brother of Seneca, was proconsul. ...
/c/corinth.htm - 21k

Dayspring (2 Occurrences)
... I, 2. Also once in the New Testament for anatole, "a rising." "The dayspring from
on high hath visited us" (the King James Version; the Revised Version ...
/d/dayspring.htm - 11k

Machpelah (6 Occurrences)
... dust. The interior of the mosque was visited by the Prince of Wales in
1862 by a special favour of the Mohammedan authorities. An ...
/m/machpelah.htm - 19k

Punished (47 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV). Job 35:15 But now, because he hath not visited in
his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance; (See JPS). ...
/p/punished.htm - 20k

Remembered (120 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Genesis 21:1 And Jehovah visited Sarah as
he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken. (See JPS). ...
/r/remembered.htm - 37k

Concerned (45 Occurrences)
... WEB). Acts 15:14 Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations,
to take out of them a people for his name. (See NAS). Acts ...
/c/concerned.htm - 19k

Timothy (28 Occurrences)
... During the interval between his first and second imprisonments he probably visited
the scenes of his former labours in Greece and Asia, and then found his way ...
/t/timothy.htm - 38k

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Visited (40 Occurrences)

Matthew 25:36
I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Matthew 25:43
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.
(KJV WEY ASV WBS)

Luke 1:68
"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and worked redemption for his people;
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Luke 1:78
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
(KJV DBY WBS)

Luke 7:16
Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited his people!"
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Luke 8:1
Shortly after this He visited town after town, and village after village, proclaiming His Message and telling the Good News of the Kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,
(WEY)

Luke 9:6
So they departed and visited village after village, spreading the Good News and performing cures everywhere.
(WEY)

John 19:39
Nicodemus too--he who at first had visited Jesus by night--came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, in weight about seventy or eighty pounds.
(WEY NIV)

Acts 8:27
Upon this he rose and went. Now, as it happened, an Ethiopian eunuch who was in a position of high authority with Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, as her treasurer, had visited Jerusalem to worship there,
(WEY)

Acts 15:14
Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations, to take out of them a people for his name.
(WEB ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Acts 16:40
They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia's house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, and departed.
(See RSV)

Acts 28:8
It happened that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. Paul entered in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him.
(See RSV)

Galatians 1:21
Afterwards I visited Syria and Cilicia.
(WEY)

Galatians 2:11
Now when Peter visited Antioch, I remonstrated with him to his face, because he had incurred just censure.
(WEY)

Genesis 18:5
I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."
(See NAS)

Genesis 21:1
Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Genesis 38:1
It happened at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
(WEB NAS)

Exodus 3:16
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them,'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Exodus 4:31
The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Numbers 16:29
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then Yahweh hasn't sent me.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Deuteronomy 29:22
And the generation to come, your children who shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and its sicknesses wherewith Jehovah hath visited it,
(DBY)

Judges 15:1
But it happened after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a young goat; and he said, "I will go in to my wife into the chamber." But her father wouldn't allow him to go in.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS)

Ruth 1:6
Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that Yahweh had visited his people in giving them bread.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 2:21
Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Job 31:14
What then should I do when ?God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?
(DBY)

Job 35:15
But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Psalms 17:3
You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Psalms 65:9
Thou hast visited the earth, thou hast watered it; thou greatly enrichest it: the river of God is full of water; thou providest their corn, when thou hast so prepared it:
(DBY)

Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Isaiah 9:1
Nevertheless the darkness shall not be as when the distress was in the land, at the time he at first lightly, and afterwards heavily, visited the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
(DBY)

Isaiah 24:22
They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 26:14
The dead shall not live. The deceased shall not rise. Therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Isaiah 26:16
Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

Isaiah 29:6
She will be visited by Yahweh of Armies with thunder, with earthquake, with great noise, with whirlwind and storm, and with the flame of a devouring fire.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Jeremiah 6:6
For thus has Yahweh of Armies said, Cut down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 23:2
Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit on you the evil of your doings, says Yahweh.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 50:18
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will visit the king of Babylon and his land, like as I have visited the king of Assyria.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 38:8
After many days you shall be visited: in the latter years you shall come into the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, on the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and they shall dwell securely, all of them.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Zephaniah 3:7
I said, Only fear thou me; receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings.
(See JPS)

Zechariah 10:3
My anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the male goats; For Yahweh of Armies has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his majestic horse in the battle.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS)

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