STRONGS G4649:
σκοπός,
σκοποῦ,
ὁ ((from a root denoting 'to spy,' 'peer,' 'look into the distance'; cf. also Latin
specio, 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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