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Strong's #4648 - σκοπέω
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- to look at, observe, contemplate
- to mark
- to fix one's eyes upon, direct one's attention to, any one
- to look to, take heed to thyself
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σκοπ-έω,
used by early writers only in pres. and impf. Act. and Med. (v. infr. 11), the other tenses being supplied by σκέπτομαι (q.v.): — but in later writers we find fut. σκοπήσω, Anon. Prog. in Rh. 1.615 W., Gal. UP 3.10 (f.l.), ( ἐπι- ) Babr. 103.8, ( κατα- ) Hld. 5.4: aor. ἐσκόπησα Thphr. Sign. 1 ( προ- ), Plb. Fr. 54 (s.v.l.) ( περι- ), Lib. Or. 12.28, etc.: and of Med., aor. ἐσκοπησάμην ( περι- ) Luc. VH 1.32: pf. ἐσκόπημαι ( προαν- ) J. AJ 17.5.6: (cf. σκέπτομαι ): — behold, contemplate (rather of particulars than of universals, of which θεωρέω is more commonly used, but οἱ τὸν ἥλιον ἐκλείποντα θεωροῦντες καὶ σκοπούμενοι Pl. Phd. 99d ), ἄστρον Pi. O. 1.5; πλοῦν μὴ 'ξ ἀπόπτου μᾶλλον ἢ 'γγύθεν σκοπεῖν S. Ph. 467, cf. E. IA 490; τὰ πόρρω Id. Rh. 482; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν X. An. 6.3.14(17); examine, inspect, καταθεῖναί τι . . σκοπεῖν τῷ βουλομένῳ IG 12(5).480 (Athenian law, v B.C. ); ς. παραγραφάς PLips. 38 ii 2 (iv A.D.): abs., ἄλλοσε ς . S. El. 1474; σκοπεῖτε look out, watch, A. Supp. 232, etc.: folld. by a clause, ς. ὅπου . . S. Ph. 16; ς. ποῦ . . X. Cyr. 3.2.1, etc.: folld. by a Prep., ς. εἰς . . E. Fr. 812.6, Pl. Plt. 305b .
2. metaph., look to or into, consider, examine, τὰ ἑωυτοῦ ς . look to one's own affairs, Hdt. 1.8; τὸ σεαυτοῦ Pl. Phdr. 232d; τὸ ὑμέτερον Antipho 4.2.8; καιρόν Th. 4.23; τὸ συμφέρον Pl. R. 342b sq.; τὸ πρὸς ποσί S. OT 130; τοὺς νόμους πρὸς τοὺς τῇδε with reference to the laws here, Pl. Ti. 24a; τι πρὸς ἐμαυτόν Id. Euthphr. 9c: abs., σκοπῶν εὕρισκον ἴασιν S. OT 68, cf. Ph. 282: folld. by an acc. and interrog. clause, or μή . ., ς. τὴν τελευτὴν κῇ ἀποβήσεται Hdt. 1.32, cf. S. Ph. 506, OT 407: folld. by an interrog. clause alone, ς. πόθεν χρὴ ἄρξασθαι And. 1.8; ς. εἰ . . S. Ant. 41, Pl. Lg. 862a ( Med. ); ὅπως . . X. Cyr. 2.2.26: sts. c. gen. pers. as well as acc. or clause, σκόπει δὴ τόδε αὐτῶν Pl. Tht. 182a; πρῶτον αὐτῶν ἐσκόπει πότερα . . X. Mem. 1.1.12: folld. by a Prep., ἐξ ὧν ἀγγέλλουσι σκοποῦντες λογιεῖσθε τὰ εἰκότα Th. 6.36, cf. 1.1, X. An. 3.1.13; πρὸς τὸ ἄρχειν σκοπῶν λογίζομαι Id. Cyr. 1.6.8; ς. τὰ λοιπὰ πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτούς Antipho 1.31; ἀνομολογούμενοι πρὸς ἀλλήλους Pl. R. 348b; τόδε περὶ αὐτοῦ ib. 351b, etc.; τὴν ὀρθολογίαν περί τι Id. Sph. 239b: with Adv., abs., ὀρθῶς ς . E. Ph. 155; καιρίως Id. Rh. 339; ἄμεινον Pl. Smp. 219a .
3. look out for, παῦλαν X. An. 5.7.32; τι ἀγαθόν Id. Hier. 9.10; νεώσοικον Ar. Ach. 96; ἐσκόπει γυναῖκά μοι Is. 2.18, cf. D. Ephesians 2:11; ς. ὄνομα κάλλιον αὐτῇ Plu. 2.991f .
II Med., used like Acts 1:1 (perh. implying a more deliberate consideration), c. acc., E. IT 68, Hel. 1537; τένοντ' ἐς ὀρθὸν ὄμμασι σκοπουμένη Id. Med. 1166 .
2. = 1.2, S. OT 964; ς. τύχας βροτῶν E. Fr. 262: folld. by relat., ς. τίνι τρόπῳ . . Pl. Smp. 176b, cf. Th. 8.48: περί τινος Pl. Prt. 353a, X. Hier. 1.10: abs., ἔνεστι τοῖσιν εὖ σκοπουμένοις ταρβεῖν . . S. Tr. 296 .
3. = 1.3, ὅτανπερ ἀδικεῖν ἐπιχειρῶσιν, ἅμα καὶ τὴν ἀπολογίαν σκοποῦνται Isoc. 21.17 . III rarely in Pass., σκοπῶν καὶ σκοπούμενος ὑπ' ἄλλων considering and being considered, Pl. Lg. 772d; ὁ λόγος . . αἰσχρὸς τοῖς σκοπουμένοις is disgraceful in the very matter considered, D. 20.54 (s.v.l., τοῖς ς . secl. Dobree).
σκοπέω, σκόπω; (σκοπός, which see); from Homer down; to look at, observe, contemplate. to mark: absolutely, followed by μή with the indicative (see μή, III. 2), Luke 11:35; τινα, to fix one's eyes upon, direct one's attention to, anyone: Romans 16:17; Philippians 3:17; σεαυτόν, followed by μή with the subjunctive to look to, take heed to thyself, lest etc. Galatians 6:1 (see μή, II. 1 b.); τί, to look at, i. e. care for, have regard to, a thing: 2 Corinthians 4:18; Philippians 2:4 (2 Macc. 4:5). (Compare: ἐπισκόπω, κατασκοπέω.) [SYNONYMS: σκοπεῖν is more pointed than βλέπειν; often equivalent to to scrutinize, observe. When the physical sense recedes, equivalent to to fix one's (mind's) eye on, direct one's attention to, a thing in order to get it, or owing to interest in it, or a duty toward it. Hence, often equivalent to aim at, care for, etc. Schmidt, Syn., chapter 11: Cf. θεωρέω, ὁράω.]
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** ακοπέω , -ῶ
(< σκοπός ),
[in LXX: Ezra 8:13, 2 Maccabees 4:5*;]
to look at, behold, watch, contemplate. Metaph., to look to, consider: c. acc rei, 2 Corinthians 4:13, Philippians 2:4; c. acc pers., Romans 16:17, Philippians 3:17; seq. μή , Luke 11:35; σεαυτόν , seq. μή (v. M, Pr., 192), Galatians 6:1 (cf. ἐπι -, κατα -σκοπέω ).†
SYN.: βλέπω G991, θεωρέω G2334, ὁράω G3708.
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From meaning ";am in rows,"; ";walk in line,"; στοιχέω came to be used metaphorically, ";walk by or in,"; as a rule of life : cf. Philippians 3:16 (Vg in eadem permaneamus regula). A striking parallel to Romans 4:12 is afforded by Syll 325 (= .3708).5 (ii/B.C.) where a certain Aristagoras is praised for walking in the steps of his father and forbears—καὶ αὐτὸς στοιχεῖν βουλόμενος καὶ τοῖς ἐκείνων ἴχνεσιν ἐπιβαίνειν : cf. ib. 929 (=.3685).18 (B.C. 139) τῆς δὲ συνκλήτου στοιχού [σης τῆι παρ᾽ ἑαυ ]τῆι πρ [ὸς πάντας ἀνθρώ ]πους ὑπαρχούσηι δικαιοσύνηι, and from the inscrr. Priene 112.113 (B.C. 84) στοιχεῖν τ [ῇ πρὸς τὸν δῆμον φιλαγαθίᾳ, and ib. 110.21 (i/B.C.) ταῖς κατὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν [ἀρεταῖς ] στοιχεῖν (see Rouffiac, p. 34). See also Musonius p. 102.9 στοιχεῖν ἀρίστῳ ὄντι τῷ λόγῳ Σωκράτους. The construction with the dat., as in the NT, is thus amply attested : cf. Blass Gr. p. 119.
The verb is common in the phrase στοιχεῖ μοι, ";agreed to by me,"; e.g. P Oxy I. 126.21 (A.D. 572) στοιχῖ μοι τὸ παρὸν ἐπίσταλμα, ib. VIII. 1137.5 (A.D. 562–3) στέχι με ̣ (l. στοιχεῖ μοι). Cf. also P Flor I. 65.22 (A.D. 570–1?) Αὐρήλιος. . . στοιχῖ τοῦτο τὸ γρ [αμμάτιον ὡς π ]ρόκειται, and BGU IV. 1020.17 (vi/A.D.) Ἀβραὰμ Φοι (βαμμῶνος) στοιχεῖ.
For the subst. στοῖχος, cf. P Oxy VIII. 1119.12 (A.D. 254) τοῦ στοίχου καταλαβόντος τὴν ἡμετέραν βουλὴν τῷ ἐνεστῶ [τι ἔτει, ";since the turn has come to our senate in the present year"; (Ed.), and for the compd. σύστοιχος, cf. BGU IV. 1205ii.9 (B.C. 28) οὐδὲ γὰρ σύνστοιχοι ἑατῶν [γ ]ίνεσθε, ";for you contradict yourselves.";
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