ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΨΑΣΘΑΙ, κατασκεψασθαι
KATASKEPSASTHAI, kataskepsasthai
Sounds Like: kah-tah-skep-SAH-sthai
Translations: to examine, to investigate, to spy out, to look closely at, to observe, to consider
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΠΤΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to examine or investigate something thoroughly, often with the intention of discovering or understanding it. It implies a careful and purposeful observation, sometimes with a connotation of reconnaissance or spying. It can be used in contexts where one is seeking wisdom, knowledge, or information about a situation or place.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2687 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 9:35
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Numbers — 10:33, 13:17, 13:18, 13:33, 14:36, 14:38, 21:32
- Judges — 18:2, 18:14, 18:17
- 2 Samuel — 10:3
- Ecclesiastes — 1:13, 7:26
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΠΤΟΜΑΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΠΤΟΜΑΙ — to look down, to look closely, to inspect, to observe, to spy out, to examine
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΨΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having spied out, having examined, having investigated, having surveyed
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΨΑΜΕΝΩΝ — of having spied out, of having looked down, of having inspected, of having surveyed
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΨΑΣΘΕ — spy out, investigate, examine, look closely at, explore
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΨΑΣΘΩΣΑΝ — let them spy out, let them explore, let them investigate
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΨΕΤΑΙ — will examine, will inspect, will spy out, will investigate, will look closely at
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΨΟΜΕΝΗΝ — about to spy out, about to examine, about to investigate, about to look down upon
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΨΟΜΕΝΟΙ — about to spy out, going to examine, who will inspect, those who are about to spy out
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΨΟΜΕΝΟΝ — about to spy out, about to examine, about to investigate, about to look down upon
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΨΟΜΕΝΟΣ — about to spy out, about to examine, about to inspect, about to investigate
- ΚΑΤΕΣΚΕΠΤΕΤΟ — he was observing, he was examining, he was spying out, he was looking down, he was inspecting
- ΚΑΤΕΣΚΕΨΑΜΕΘΑ — we spied out, we surveyed, we examined, we looked closely at
- ΚΑΤΕΣΚΕΨΑΜΗΝ — I looked, I observed, I spied out, I examined, I inspected
- ΚΑΤΕΣΚΕΨΑΝΤΟ — they spied out, they examined, they explored, they investigated
- ΚΑΤΕΣΚΕΨΑΣΘΕ — you spied out, you examined, you looked down upon, you inspected
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