ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΟΣ, κατασκοπος
KATASKOPOS, kataskopos
Sounds Like: kah-tah-SKO-pos
Translations: spy, a spy, scout, an observer
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a spy or scout, someone who is sent to observe and gather information, often secretly, about an enemy or a place. It is a compound word formed from 'κατά' (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and 'σκοπός' (skopos), meaning 'watcher' or 'one who looks'. Thus, it literally means 'one who looks down upon' or 'one who looks against', implying a close and often clandestine observation.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2685 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 11:30
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 11:30
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΟΣ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΟΙ — spies, scouts
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΟΙΣ — spies, a spy, scouts
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΟΝ — spy, a spy, scout, an observer
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΟΥ — of a spy, of a scout, of an observer
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΟΥΣ — spies, scouts
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΩΝ — spy, a spy
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