ΚΑΤΕΣΚΟΠΕΥΣΑΝ, κατεσκοπευσαν
KATESKOPEUSAN, kateskopeusan
Sounds Like: kah-tes-ko-PEV-san
Translations: they spied out, they scouted, they observed, they investigated
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the prefix 'κατα-' (kata-), meaning 'down' or 'completely', and 'σκοπεύω' (skopeuō), meaning 'to look at' or 'to observe'. It means to spy out, to scout, or to thoroughly observe something, often with hostile intent or to gather intelligence. It describes an action of careful and often secretive examination.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2684 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 1:24
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΕΥΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΕΥΟΝΤΑΣ — spying out, scouting, observing, reconnoitering
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΕΥΣΑΙ — to spy out, to reconnoiter, to examine, to look down upon
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΕΥΣΑΝΤΑΣ — spying out, having spied out, having scouted, having investigated
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΕΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having spied out, having scouted, having reconnoitered, having examined closely
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΕΥΣΑΣΙΝ — having spied out, having watched, having observed
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΟΠΕΥΩ — to spy out, to spy, to observe, to watch closely
- ΚΑΤΕΣΚΟΠΕΥΕΝ — was spying, was observing, was watching closely
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