G2685: κατάσκοπος (katáskopos)

Quick Definition

κατάσκοπος, ου, ὁ n.m. a spy

Strong's Definition

from 2596 (intensive) and 4649 (in the sense of a watcher); a reconnoiterer

KJV Usage: spy

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κατάσκοπος (G2685)

noun, m. | -ου | σκοπέω

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spy, secret agent (derivative of κατασκοπέω to observe secretly, 24.50) one whose task it is to obtain information surreptitiously

HEB 11:31

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κατά-σκοπος, -ov, 6, (κατασκέπτομαι [i. q. κατασκοπέω |), an inspector, a spy: Heb. xi. 31. (Gen. xlii. 9,11; 1S. xxvi.4; 1 Mace. xii. 26; in prof. auth. fr. Hdt. down.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κατάσκοπος kataskopos 1x

a scout, spy, Heb. 11:31*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κατά-σκοπος, -ου, ὁ,

[in LXX for רגל pi.;]

a spy: He 11:31.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κατάσκοπος (kataskopos) — spy. κατάσκοπ-ος, ὁ, one who reconnoitres, scout, spy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεμφθεὶς Ἰλίου κ. [Refs 6th c.BC+].

2. examiner, inspector, [Refs 5th c.BC+].

II. κατάσκοπος, ον, closely covered, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]