κατασκοπέω
kataskopéō · G2684 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to observe secretly, to spy out
To watch or observe secretly and with presumed evil intent
ExamplesGalatians 2:4 Yet it was a concern because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who had sneaked in to spy on our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐλευθερίαfreedom 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- רָגַל râgal · H7270 · to teach to walk, to spy out
- רָגַל is the standard Hebrew verb for 'to spy out' or 'to reconnoiter,' used of the spies sent into Canaan (Num 13:2, 16-17; Deut 1:24) and other reconnaissance contexts. It is the closest Hebrew equivalent to κατασκοπέω's sense of covert reconnaissance or espionage.
- תּוּר tûwr · H8446 · to spy out, to cause to spy out
- תּוּר denotes exploring or scouting out territory, often in a reconnaissance sense (Num 13:2, 16, 17, 25; 14:6-7, 34, 36, 38; Judg 1:23). While it can overlap with רָגַל, it emphasizes the exploratory aspect of reconnaissance and serves as an alternate Hebrew equivalent for the espionage activity denoted by κατασκοπέω.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To observe secretly, to spy out24.50
- In Galatians 2:4, Paul writes of false brothers, “who had sneaked in to spy on our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us,” using this word for the act of secretly observing someone in order to gather information against them.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κατασκόπω: 1 aorist infinitive κατασκοπῆσαι; to inspect, view closely, in order to spy…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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