Strong G4649σκοπός
goal
- Transliteration
- skopos
- Pronunciation
- skop-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
σκοπός, -οῦ, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for צָפָה;]
1. a watcher, watchman (Eze.3:17, al.).
2. a mark on which to fix the eye (Wis.5:12, 21, al.). Metaphorical, of an aim or object: Php.3:14.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for צָפָה;]
1. a watcher, watchman (Eze.3:17, al.).
2. a mark on which to fix the eye (Wis.5:12, 21, al.). Metaphorical, of an aim or object: Php.3:14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4649 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mark1
First verses
- Philippians 3:14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
σκοπ-ός, ὁ
(also ἡ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.396, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 66))]: (σκέπτομαι):— one that watches, one that looks about or after things, παρὰ δὲ σκοπὸν εἷσεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.359)]; γυναικῶν δμῳάων σ. ἐσσι, of a housekeeper, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” [same place]: in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus)], of gods and kings, with genitive loci, guardian, protector, Ὀλύμπου σ. [Refs (“O.” 1.54; Δάλου 6.59)]; Μαγνήτων σ., of Peleus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“N.” 5.27; τὸν ὑψόθεν σ., φύλακα βροτῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 381 (Lyric poetry); also σκοποὶ τῶν εἰρημένων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 215.)]
b one who watches or looks out to take advantage, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.156)]; watchful, jealous master, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 945.)]
2 mostly, lookout-man, watcher, stationed in some high place (σκοπιά) to overlook a country, especially in war, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.792, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.365, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.1, 4.1.1, etc.; hence Ἠέλιον.. θεῶν σ. ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν “hymnus ad Cererem” 62)]: also, game-watcher, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.40.)]
3 spy, scout, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.324, 526, 561 (later κατάσκοπος) σ. καὶ κατοπτῆρας στρατοῦ ἔπεμψα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 36, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 956)]; of a messenger who has been sent to learn tidings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 35, compare “Ph.” 125; σκοπός, ναῶν κατόπτας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 557 (Lyric poetry).)]
II mark or object on which one fixes the eye, σκοπὸν ἄλλον, ὃν οὔ πώ τις βάλεν ἀνήρ, εἴσομαι αἴ κε τύχωμι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.6)]; ἀπὸ σκοποῦ away from the mark, [Refs (11.344)]; ἀπὸ σ. εἰρηκέναι, εἰρῆσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 179c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.10; παρὰ σκοπόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.94)]; σκοπῷ ἐπέχειν τόξον to aim at it,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 2.89; σκοποῦ ἄντα τυχεῖν [prev. author] “N.” 6.27; ἔκυρσας ὥστε τοξότης.. σκοποῦ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 628; ὥστε τοξόται σκοποῦ, τοξεύετ᾽ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1033; ἄθλιον σκοπὸν ἐμοὶ ἀκοντίσας 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.6; ἐπὶ σκοπὸν βάλλειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.29; παραλλάξαι τοῦ σ. καὶ ἁμαρτεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 194a; ἀποτυγχάνω τοῦ σκοποῦ [prev. author] “Lg.” 744a.)]
II.2 metaphorically, aim, end, object, οὗτος.. δοκεῖ ὁ σ. εἶναι πρὸς ὃν βλέποντα δεῖ ζῆν [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 507d; τὴν ἡδονὴν σ. ὀρθὸν πᾶσι ζῴοις γεγονέναι [prev. author] “Phlb.” 60a; στοχάζεσθαι σκοποῦ [prev. author] “R.” 519c; σ. τυραννικὸς τὸ ἡδύ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1311a4, etc.)]; σκοπός.. nihil praebere 'his little game' is to make no allowance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 15.29.2, compare argument 11 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.”)]
II.2.b in Medicine texts, of healing, ἐπὶ τῷ πρώτῳ σ. by first intention (i.e. direct union), κατὰ δεύτερον σ. by second intention (i.e. granulation or scar tissue), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.387, compare 10.162.)]
II.3 contest in shooting at a mark, σ. ἱππέων, πεζῶν, [Refs (“IG” 9(2).527.16,18 (from Larissa).)]
III name of a dance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 446.)]
(also ἡ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.396, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 66))]: (σκέπτομαι):— one that watches, one that looks about or after things, παρὰ δὲ σκοπὸν εἷσεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.359)]; γυναικῶν δμῳάων σ. ἐσσι, of a housekeeper, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” [same place]: in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus)], of gods and kings, with genitive loci, guardian, protector, Ὀλύμπου σ. [Refs (“O.” 1.54; Δάλου 6.59)]; Μαγνήτων σ., of Peleus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“N.” 5.27; τὸν ὑψόθεν σ., φύλακα βροτῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 381 (Lyric poetry); also σκοποὶ τῶν εἰρημένων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 215.)]
b one who watches or looks out to take advantage, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.156)]; watchful, jealous master, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 945.)]
2 mostly, lookout-man, watcher, stationed in some high place (σκοπιά) to overlook a country, especially in war, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.792, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.365, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.1, 4.1.1, etc.; hence Ἠέλιον.. θεῶν σ. ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν “hymnus ad Cererem” 62)]: also, game-watcher, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.40.)]
3 spy, scout, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.324, 526, 561 (later κατάσκοπος) σ. καὶ κατοπτῆρας στρατοῦ ἔπεμψα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 36, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 956)]; of a messenger who has been sent to learn tidings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 35, compare “Ph.” 125; σκοπός, ναῶν κατόπτας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 557 (Lyric poetry).)]
II mark or object on which one fixes the eye, σκοπὸν ἄλλον, ὃν οὔ πώ τις βάλεν ἀνήρ, εἴσομαι αἴ κε τύχωμι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.6)]; ἀπὸ σκοποῦ away from the mark, [Refs (11.344)]; ἀπὸ σ. εἰρηκέναι, εἰρῆσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 179c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.10; παρὰ σκοπόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.94)]; σκοπῷ ἐπέχειν τόξον to aim at it,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 2.89; σκοποῦ ἄντα τυχεῖν [prev. author] “N.” 6.27; ἔκυρσας ὥστε τοξότης.. σκοποῦ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 628; ὥστε τοξόται σκοποῦ, τοξεύετ᾽ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1033; ἄθλιον σκοπὸν ἐμοὶ ἀκοντίσας 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.6; ἐπὶ σκοπὸν βάλλειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.29; παραλλάξαι τοῦ σ. καὶ ἁμαρτεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 194a; ἀποτυγχάνω τοῦ σκοποῦ [prev. author] “Lg.” 744a.)]
II.2 metaphorically, aim, end, object, οὗτος.. δοκεῖ ὁ σ. εἶναι πρὸς ὃν βλέποντα δεῖ ζῆν [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 507d; τὴν ἡδονὴν σ. ὀρθὸν πᾶσι ζῴοις γεγονέναι [prev. author] “Phlb.” 60a; στοχάζεσθαι σκοποῦ [prev. author] “R.” 519c; σ. τυραννικὸς τὸ ἡδύ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1311a4, etc.)]; σκοπός.. nihil praebere 'his little game' is to make no allowance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 15.29.2, compare argument 11 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.”)]
II.2.b in Medicine texts, of healing, ἐπὶ τῷ πρώτῳ σ. by first intention (i.e. direct union), κατὰ δεύτερον σ. by second intention (i.e. granulation or scar tissue), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.387, compare 10.162.)]
II.3 contest in shooting at a mark, σ. ἱππέων, πεζῶν, [Refs (“IG” 9(2).527.16,18 (from Larissa).)]
III name of a dance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 446.)]