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Lexicon :: Strong's G2685 - kataskopos

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κατάσκοπος
Transliteration
kataskopos (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-as'-kop-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From κατά (G2596) (intensive) and σκοπός (G4649) (in the sense of a watcher)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:417,1047

Strong’s Definitions

κατάσκοπος katáskopos, kat-as'-kop-os; from G2596 (intensive) and G4649 (in the sense of a watcher); a reconnoiterer:—spy.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2685 in the following manner: spy (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2685 in the following manner: spy (1x).
  1. an inspector, a spy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κατάσκοπος katáskopos, kat-as'-kop-os; from G2596 (intensive) and G4649 (in the sense of a watcher); a reconnoiterer:—spy.
STRONGS G2685:
κατάσκοπος, κατασκοπου, (κατασκέπτομαι (equivalent to κατασκοπέω)), an inspector, a spy: Hebrews 11:31. (Genesis 42:9, 11; 1 Samuel 26:4; 1 Macc. 12:26; in secular authors from Herodotus down.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
42:9; 42:11
1 Samuel
1; 26:4
Hebrews
11:31

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2685 matches the Greek κατάσκοπος (kataskopos),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - And he remembered the dreams he’d had about them many years before. He said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:11 - We are all brothers—members of the same family. We are honest men, sir! We are not spies!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:14 - But Joseph insisted, “As I said, you are spies!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - One of you must go and get your brother. I’ll keep the rest of you here in prison. Then we’ll find out whether or not your story is true. By the life of Pharaoh, if it turns out that you don’t have a younger brother, then I’ll know you are spies.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:31 - But we said, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34 - But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. Then I will know you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give you back your brother, and you may trade freely in the land.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:4 - he sent out spies to verify the report of Saul’s arrival.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:10 - But while he was there, he sent secret messengers to all the tribes of Israel to stir up a rebellion against the king. “As soon as you hear the ram’s horn,” his message read, “you are to say, ‘Absalom has been crowned king in Hebron.’”
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