Lexical Definition
σκοπέω skopéō (skop-eh'-o) to watch out G:V
from σκοπός
consider, take heed, look at (on), mark.
- to take aim at (spy), i.e. (figuratively) regard
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| σκόπευσον | Watch | LXX.Nah.2.1 |
| σκόπει | do take heed | Luke.11.35 |
| σκοπῶν | considering | Gal.6.1 |
| σκοποῦντεσ | considering | Phil.2.4 |
| σκοπούντων | are looking at | 2Cor.4.18 |
| σκοπεῖτε | do observe | Phil.3.17 |
| σκοπεῖν | to watch out for | Rom.16.17 |
| σκοπεύων | watching | LXX.1Sam.4.13 • LXX.Song.7.4 |
| σκοπεύουσι | watch | LXX.Job.39.29 • LXX.Prov.15.3 |
| σκοπεύοντεσ | watching | LXX.Exod.33.8 |
| σκοπεύει | he watches | LXX.Prov.5.21 |
| σκοπήσασθαι | to watch | LXX.Ezek.21.21 |
Abbott-Smith
** ακοπέω, -ῶ (< σκοπός), [in LXX: Es 8:13, II Mac 4:5 * ;]
to look at, behold, watch, contemplate. Metaph., to look to, consider: c. acc. rei, II Co 4:13, Phl 2:4; c. acc. pers., Ro 16:17, Phl 3:17; seq. μή, Lk 11:35; σεαυτόν, seq. μή (v. M, Pr., 192), Ga 6:1 (cf. ἐπι-, κατα-σκοπέω).†
SYN.: βλέπω, θεωρέω, ὁράω
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Ezra | 8:13 |
| Luke | 11:35 |
| Romans | 16:17 |
| 2 Corinthians | 4:13 |
| Galatians | 6:1 |
| Philippians | 2:4 · 3:17 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
σκοπέω-έω,
used by early writers only in present and imperfect active and middle (see. below 11), the other tenses being supplied by σκέπτομαι (which see):—but in later writers we find future σκοπέωήσω, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐσκόπησα [Refs 4th c.BC+]middle, aorist ἐσκοπέωησάμην (περι-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]perfect ἐσκόπημαι (προαν-) [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—behold, contemplate (rather of particulars than of universals, of which θεωρέω is more commonly used, but οἱ τὸν ἥλιον ἐκλείποντα θεωροῦντες καὶ σκοπέωούμενοι [σκοπέωεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 467, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 490; τὰ πόρρω [prev. author] “Rh.” 482; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.3.14(17) ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; examine, inspect, καταθεῖναί τι.. σκοπέωεῖν τῷ βουλομένῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. παραγραφάς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκοπέωεῖτε look out, watch, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: followed by a clause, σ. ὅπου.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: followed by a preposition, σ. εἰς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, look to or into, consider, examine, τὰ ἑωυτοῦ σ. look to one's own affairs, [σκοπέωή}; τὸ πρὸς ποσί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 130 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς νόμους πρὸς τοὺς τῇδε with reference to the laws here, [σκοπέωῶν εὕρισκον ἴασιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 68, compare “Ph.” 282 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]: followed by an accusative and interrogative clause, or μή.., σ. τὴν τελευτὴν κῇ ἀποβήσεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]: followed by an interrogative clause alone, σ. πόθεν χρὴ ἄρξασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅπως.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes with genitive person as well as accusative or clause, σκόπει δὴ τόδε αὐτῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: followed by a preposition, ἐξ ὧν ἀγγέλλουσι σκοπέωοῦντες λογιεῖσθε τὰ εἰκότα [σκοπέωῶν λογίζομαι [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.6.8; σ. τὰ λοιπὰ πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτούς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.31; ἀνομολογούμενοι πρὸς ἀλλήλους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 348b; τόδε περὶ αὐτοῦ [prev. work] 351b, etc.">Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ὀρθολογίαν περί τι [Refs] adverb, absolutely, ὀρθῶς σ[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 look out for, παῦλαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II middle, used like active 1.1 (perhaps implying a more deliberate consideration), with accusative, [σκοπέωουμένη [prev. author] “Med.” 1166. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 =[σκοπέωουμένοις ταρβεῖν.. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 296. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 =[σκοπέωοῦνται 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 21.17. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III rarely in passive, σκοπέωῶν καὶ σκοπέωούμενος ὑπ᾽ ἄλλων considering and being considered, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ λόγος.. αἰσχρὸς τοῖς σκοπέωουμένοις is disgraceful in the very matter considered, [Refs 4th c.BC+]