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Name of God’s Son

ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΨΟΜΕΝΟΙ, κατασκεψομενοι

KATASKEPSOMENOI, kataskepsomenoi

Sounds Like: kah-tah-SKEP-soh-meh-noy

Translations: about to spy out, going to examine, who will inspect, those who are about to spy out

From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΠΤΟΜΑΙ

Part of Speech: Participle

Explanation: This word is a future participle, meaning 'about to spy out' or 'going to examine'. It describes an action that is intended or imminent, often with the purpose of observation or investigation. It is a compound word formed from κατά (kata, 'down, against') and σκέπτομαι (skeptomai, 'to look at, examine'). It would be used in a sentence to describe individuals who are in the process of, or are about to, perform an act of reconnaissance or close inspection.

Inflection: Future, Middle/Passive, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural

Strong’s number: G2687 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
  • Book 5 — 1:8

From the same root

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