2001 Translation

SKOPOIS, skopois

Sounds Like: sko-POYS

Translations: to a goal, to a mark, to a watchman, to a guard, to a scout, to a spy, to a sentinel, to a lookout, to a guardian, to a protector, to a defender, to an overseer, to an inspector, to a supervisor, to an aim, to an objective, to a purpose, to an end

From the root: ΣΚΟΠΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a goal, mark, or target that one aims at, or to a watchman, guard, or scout who observes and protects. It is used in a general sense to denote an objective or purpose, or a person who keeps watch or oversees something. In the provided context, it likely refers to those who are watching or guarding, or perhaps to their objectives.

Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G4649 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 5 — 1:15

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΟΠΟΣ.

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.

• ΟΥ̓ΚἈΣΚΟΠΩΣ — not without purpose, not without aim, not without thought, not without consideration, with purpose, with aim, with thought, with consideration
• ΣΚΟΠΑ — Scopas
• ΣΚΟΠΗΣ — of a mark, of a goal, of an aim, of a watchman, of a guard
• ΣΚΟΠΙ — watch, a watch, watch-post, a watch-post, lookout, a lookout, mark, a mark, goal, a goal
• ΣΚΟΠΙΟΥ — of a goal, of a mark, of an aim, of an object, of a purpose
• ΣΚΟΠΟΙ — watchmen, guards, scouts, aims, goals, targets
• ΣΚΟΠΟΝ — target, a target, goal, a goal, mark, a mark, aim, an aim
• ΣΚΟΠΟΣ — goal, mark, aim, a goal, a mark, a watchman, a guard, a scout
• ΣΚΟΠΟΥ — (of) goal, (of) mark, (of) aim, (of) watchman, (of) sentinel
• ΣΚΟΠΟΥΣ — aim, goal, mark, object, a watchman, a guard, a scout
• ΣΚΟΠΟΥΤΕΣ — unknown, possibly a misspelling

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