ΚΑΤΕΣΚΕΨΑΜΗΝ, κατεσκεψαμην
KATESKEPSAMĒN, kateskepsamēn
Sounds Like: kah-tes-KEP-sah-meen
Translations: I looked, I observed, I spied out, I examined, I inspected
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΠΤΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'κατά' (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb 'σκέπτομαι' (skeptomai), meaning 'to look' or 'to consider'. In its inflected form, it means 'I looked down upon', 'I observed', 'I spied out', 'I examined', or 'I inspected'. It implies a careful or thorough examination, often with a specific purpose, such as to investigate or to scout.
Inflection: First Person, Singular, Aorist, Indicative, Middle Voice
Strong’s number: G2657 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Ecclesiastes — 2:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ecclesiastes — 2:3
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
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΨΑΣΘΑΙ — to examine, to investigate, to spy out, to look closely at, to observe, to consider
- 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
- 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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