4649. skopos
Strong's Concordance
skopos: a watchman, a mark (on which to fix the eye)
Original Word: σκοπός, οῦ, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: skopos
Phonetic Spelling: (skop-os')
Short Definition: a goal
Definition: a watcher; a goal, a mark aimed at.
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4649 skopós (the root of the English term, "scope," like the zoom-scope on a rifle to hit the target) – properly, the "end-marker" of a foot-race; (figuratively) the final objective (destination) in the faith-life, i.e. the unique glorification the Lord awards to each believer at His return (cf. Phil 3:11,14). 4649 /skopós ("end-marker") is only used in Phil 3:14.

[4649 (skopós) represents the "end-marker" ("goal") in the race of faith (so TDNT/Kittel.]

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4649: σκοπός

σκοπός, σκοποῦ, ((from a root denoting 'to spy,' 'peer,' 'look into the distance'; cf. also Latinspecio, speculum, species, etc.; Fick i., 251f; iv., 279; Curtius, § 111)); from Homer down;

1. an observer, a watchman.

2. the distant mark looked at, the goal or end one has in view: κατά σκοπόν (on this phrase see κατά, II. 1 c.), Philippians 3:14.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
goal, mark.

From skeptomai (to peer about ("skeptic"); perhaps akin to skapto through the idea of concealment; compare skepasma); a watch (sentry or scout), i.e. (by implication) a goal -- mark.

see GREEK skapto

see GREEK skepasma

Forms and Transliterations
σκοποί σκοπον σκοπόν σκοπὸν σκοπός σκοπού σκοπούς σκορόδα skopon skopòn
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Strong's Greek 4649
1 Occurrence


σκοπὸν — 1 Occ.

Philippians 3:14 N-AMS
GRK: κατὰ σκοπὸν διώκω εἰς
NAS: on toward the goal for the prize
KJV: I press toward the mark for the prize
INT: toward [the] goal I pursue for

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