Spy (Noun and Verb) - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Spy (Noun and Verb)

[ A-1,Noun,G1455, enkathetos ]
an adjective denoting suborned to lie in wait" (en, "in," kathiemi, "to send down"), is used as a noun in Luke 20:20, "spies." In the Sept., Job 19:12; Job 31:9.

[ A-2,Noun,G2685, kataskopos ]
denotes "a spy" (kata, "down," signifying "closely," and skopeo, "to view"), Hebrews 11:31.

[ B-1,Verb,G2684, kataskopeo ]
"to view closely" (akin to A, No. 2), "spy out, search out" with a view to overthrowing, is used in Galatians 2:4. In the Sept., 2 Samuel 10:3; 1 Chronicles 19:3.

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