Lexical Summary skopos: a watchman, a mark (on which to fix the eye) Original Word: σκοπόςTransliteration: skopos Phonetic Spelling: (skop-os') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a watchman, a mark (on which to fix the eye) Meaning: a watchman, a mark (on which to fix the eye) Strong's Concordance goal, mark. From skeptomai (to peer about ("skeptic"); perhaps akin to skapto through the idea of concealment; compare skepasma); a watch (sentry or scout), i.e. (by implication) a goal -- mark. see GREEK skapto see GREEK skepasma Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4649: σκοπόςσκοπός, σκοποῦ, ὁ ((from a root denoting 'to spy,' 'peer,' 'look into the distance'; cf. also Latinspecio, speculum, species, etc.; Fick i., 251f; iv., 279; Curtius, § 111)); from Homer down; 1. an observer, a watchman. 2. the distant mark looked at, the goal or end one has in view: κατά σκοπόν (on this phrase see κατά, II. 1 c.), Philippians 3:14. |
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