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Strong's #2685 - κατάσκοπος
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- an inspector, a spy
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κατάσκοπ-ος, ὁ,
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1. one who reconnoitres, scout, spy, Hdt. 1.100, 112, al.; κατάσκοπον πολεμίων πέμπειν E. Rh. 125; πεμφθεὶς Ἰλίου κ. ib. 505, cf. Hec. 239, Th. 6.63; τριήρεις πέμψαι κ. Plu. Lys. 10; τῶν λόγων κ. Ar. Th. 588, cf. X. Cyr. 6.1.31; πραγμάτων Men. Pk. 105.
2. examiner, inspector, Th. 4.27, cf. 8.41; τῆς προσόδου ἐκ σίτου Fouilles de l'Institut Français d'Arch. Orientale du Caire 4(2). p.74: metaph., κ. βίου Secund. Sent. 7.
II κατάσκοπος, ον, closely covered, Sch. Opp. H. 3.636 (sed leg. - σκεπος).
κατάσκοπος, κατασκοπου, ὁ (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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κατά -σκοπος , -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX for H7270 pi.;]
a spy: Hebrews 11:31.†
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