noun · masculine

skopos

Greekσκοπός (skopos)

Strong’sG4649

a goal

stem skop-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

goal1×

What it means

σκοπός, -οῦ, ὁ

[in LXX chiefly for צֹפֶה;]

1. a watcher, watchman (Ez 3:17, al.).

2. a mark on which to fix the eye (Wi 5:12, 21, al.). Metaph., of an aim or object: Phl 3:14.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4649 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidskop-os'

perhaps akin to G4626 through the idea of concealment; compare G4629); a watch (sentry or scout), i.e. (by implication) a goal

Fromfrom σκέπτομαι (to peer about ("skeptic");

King Jamesmark.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	skopos	skopois
object accusative	skopon1×σκοπὸν	skopoin
direct address vocative	skopor	skopoir
of, belonging to genitive	skopou	skopoiu
to, for dative	skopo	skopoi

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

skopstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

skopo 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

skopamō — σκοπέω, regard attentively, take heed

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

skopon“goal”objectaccusative singular1×

Philippians 3:14“goal”kata skopon diōkamō eis tem brabeiem tau anō klēsiau tou theou en Christo Iēso.I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.