noun · masculine
kataskopos
Greekκατάσκοπος (kataskopos)
Strong’sG2685
a spy
stem kataskop-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κατά-σκοπος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX for רגל pi.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2685 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kataskopos | kataskopois |
| object accusative | kataskopon | kataskopoin1×κατασκόπους |
| direct address vocative | kataskopor | kataskopoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kataskopou | kataskopoiu |
| to, for dative | kataskopo | kataskopoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
kataskopo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
kataskopoin“spies”objectaccusative plural1×
Hebrews 11:31“spies”pistia Raab tas pornas ouk sunapollueta toi apeitharatoi, decheratas toin kataskopoin meta eirēnau.By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.