σκοπ-έω,
used by early writers only in pres. and impf. Act. and Med. (v. infr. 11), the other tenses being supplied by σκέπτομαι (q.v.): - but in later writers we find fut. σκοπήσω, Anon. Prog. in Rh. 1.615 W., Gal. UP 3.10 (f.l.), ( ἐπι- ) Babr. 103.8, ( κατα- ) Hld. 5.4: aor. ἐσκόπησα Thphr. Sign. 1 ( προ- ), Plb. Fr. 54 (s.v.l.) ( περι- ), Lib. Or. 12.28, etc.: and of Med., aor. ἐσκοπησάμην ( περι- ) Luc. VH 1.32: pf. ἐσκόπημαι ( προαν- ) J. AJ 17.5.6: (cf. σκέπτομαι ): - behold, contemplate (rather of particulars than of universals, of which θεωρέω is more commonly used, but οἱ τὸν ἥλιον ἐκλείποντα θεωροῦντες καὶ σκοπούμενοι Pl. Phd. 99d ), ἄστρον Pi. O. 1.5; πλοῦν μὴ ’ξ ἀπόπτου μᾶλλον ἢ ’γγύθεν σκοπεῖν S. Ph. 467, cf. E. IA 490; τὰ πόρρω Id. Rh. 482; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν X. An. 6.3.14(17); examine, inspect, καταθεῖναί τι . . σκοπεῖν τῷ βουλομένῳ IG 12(5).480 (Athenian law, v B.C. ); ς. παραγραφάς PLips. 38 ii 2 (iv A.D.): abs., ἄλλοσε ς . S. El. 1474; σκοπεῖτε look out, watch, A. Supp. 232, etc.: folld. by a clause, ς. ὅπου . . S. Ph. 16; ς. ποῦ . . X. Cyr. 3.2.1, etc.: folld. by a Prep., ς. εἰς . . E. Fr. 812.6, Pl. Plt. 305b .
2. metaph., look to or into, consider, examine, τὰ ἑωυτοῦ ς . look to one’s own affairs, Hdt. 1.8; τὸ σεαυτοῦ Pl. Phdr. 232d; τὸ ὑμέτερον Antipho 4.2.8; καιρόν Th. 4.23; τὸ συμφέρον Pl. R. 342b sq.; τὸ πρὸς ποσί S. OT 130; τοὺς νόμους πρὸς τοὺς τῇδε with reference to the laws here, Pl. Ti. 24a; τι πρὸς ἐμαυτόν Id. Euthphr. 9c: abs., σκοπῶν εὕρισκον ἴασιν S. OT 68, cf. Ph. 282: folld. by an acc. and interrog. clause, or μή . ., ς. τὴν τελευτὴν κῇ ἀποβήσεται Hdt. 1.32, cf. S. Ph. 506, OT 407: folld. by an interrog. clause alone, ς. πόθεν χρὴ ἄρξασθαι And. 1.8; ς. εἰ . . S. Ant. 41, Pl. Lg. 862a ( Med. ); ὅπως . . X. Cyr. 2.2.26: sts. c. gen. pers. as well as acc. or clause, σκόπει δὴ τόδε αὐτῶν Pl. Tht. 182a; πρῶτον αὐτῶν ἐσκόπει πότερα . . X. Mem. 1.1.12: folld. by a Prep., ἐξ ὧν ἀγγέλλουσι σκοποῦντες λογιεῖσθε τὰ εἰκότα Th. 6.36, cf. 1.1, X. An. 3.1.13; πρὸς τὸ ἄρχειν σκοπῶν λογίζομαι Id. Cyr. 1.6.8; ς. τὰ λοιπὰ πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτούς Antipho 1.31; ἀνομολογούμενοι πρὸς ἀλλήλους Pl. R. 348b; τόδε περὶ αὐτοῦ ib. 351b, etc.; τὴν ὀρθολογίαν περί τι Id. Sph. 239b: with Adv., abs., ὀρθῶς ς . E. Ph. 155; καιρίως Id. Rh. 339; ἄμεινον Pl. Smp. 219a .
3. look out for, παῦλαν X. An. 5.7.32; τι ἀγαθόν Id. Hier. 9.10; νεώσοικον Ar. Ach. 96; ἐσκόπει γυναῖκά μοι Is. 2.18, cf. D. [Eph 2:11]; ς. ὄνομα κάλλιον αὐτῇ Plu. 2.991f .
II Med., used like [Act 1:1] (perh. implying a more deliberate consideration), c. acc., E. IT 68, Hel. 1537; τένοντ’ ἐς ὀρθὸν ὄμμασι σκοπουμένη Id. Med. 1166 .
2. = 1.2, S. OT 964; ς. τύχας βροτῶν E. Fr. 262: folld. by relat., ς. τίνι τρόπῳ . . Pl. Smp. 176b, cf. Th. 8.48: περί τινος Pl. Prt. 353a, X. Hier. 1.10: abs., ἔνεστι τοῖσιν εὖ σκοπουμένοις ταρβεῖν . . S. Tr. 296 .
3. = 1.3, ὅτανπερ ἀδικεῖν ἐπιχειρῶσιν, ἅμα καὶ τὴν ἀπολογίαν σκοποῦνται Isoc. 21.17 . III rarely in Pass., σκοπῶν καὶ σκοπούμενος ὑπ’ ἄλλων considering and being considered, Pl. Lg. 772d; ὁ λόγος . . αἰσχρὸς τοῖς σκοπουμένοις is disgraceful in the very matter considered, D. 20.54 (s.v.l., τοῖς ς . secl. Dobree).
σκοπέω skopeō 6x
to view attentively, watch; to see, observe, take care, beware, [Luk 11:35]; [Gal 6:1];
to regard, have respect to, [2Co 4:18]; [Php 2:4];
to mark, note, [Rom 16:17]; [Php 3:17]
G4648 — σκοπέω
σκόπω; (σκοπός, which see); from Homer down; to look at, observe, contemplate. to mark: absolutely, followed by μή with the indicative (see μή, III. 2), [Luk 11:35]; τινα, to fix one's eyes upon, direct one's attention to, anyone: [Rom 16:17]; [Phi 3:17]; σεαυτόν, followed by μή with the subjunctive to look to, take heed to thyself, lest etc. [Gal 6:1] (see μή, II. 1 b.); τί, to look at, i. e. care for, have regard to, a thing: [2Co 4:18]; [Phi 2:4] (2 Macc. 4:5). (Compare: ἐπισκόπω, κατασκοπέω.)
** ακοπέω , - ῶ
( < σκοπός ),
[in LXX : [Ezr 8:13], 2M[a 4:5] * ;]
to look at, behold, watch, contemplate. Metaph ., to look to, consider: c . acc rei , [2Co 4:13], [Php 2:4]; c . acc pers ., [Rom 16:17], [Php 3:17]; seq . μή , [Luk 11:35]; σεαυτόν , seq . μή ( v . M , Pr., 192), [Gal 6:1] ( cf. ἐπι -, κατα - σκοπέω ). †
SYN.: βλέπω G991, θεωρέω G2334, ὁράω G3708.