σκοπεύω
watch, keep watch
Where this word appears
Every passage where σκοπεύω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 7 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Exodus 33:8 σκοπεύω And whenever Moses went into the tabernacle without the camp, all the people stood every one watching by the doors of his tent; and when Moses departed, they took notice until he entered into the tabernacle.
- 1 Samuel 4:13 σκοπεύω And he came, an behold, Heli was upon the seat by the gate looking along the way, for his heart was greatly alarmed for the ark of God: and the man entered into the city to bring tidings; and the city cried out.
- Job 39:29 σκοπεύω Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far.
- Proverbs 5:21 σκοπεύω For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God, and he looks on all his paths.
- Proverbs 15:3 σκοπεύω The eyes of the Lord behold both the evil and the good in every place.
- Song of Solomon 7:5 σκοπεύω Your head upon you is as Carmel, and the curls of your hair like scarlet; the king is bound in the galleries.
- Nahum 2:2 σκοπεύω For the Lord has turned aside the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel: for they have utterly rejected them, and have destroyed their branches.
About this word
About this word
σκοπεύω (skopeúō), “watch, keep watch,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 7 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →