The corpus record

κατασκοπ-έω

kataskopeo

view closely, spy out, reconnoitre

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Where it lives

Galatians 1 · 4.58/10k
Josue (cod. Vat.) 5 · 3.76/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Paralipomenon I 1 · 0.75/10k
Regnorum II 1 · 0.62/10k
Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

κατασκοπ-έω · kataskop-eō — LSJ

view closely, spy out, reconnoitre, reconnoitre, keep a look-out, inspect

view closely, spy out, reconnoitre, κ. ὅποι . . E. Hel. 1607; τὰ ἀγγελλόμενα reconnoitre, Aen. Tact. 23.10; εἴ πῃ . . X. Cyr. 7.1.39, cf. Th. 6.50, al.; τῶν πολεμίων Plu. Sol. 9; keep a look-out, of ships, Plb. 3.95.6:—Med., -σκοπεῖσθαι ἑαυτήν X. Mem. 2.1.22; αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν κ. Arist. MM 1213a5; inspect, τὰς πανοπλίας Plb. 10.20.2; γραφήν POxy. 1414.4 (iii A.D.); of a medical examination, Gal. 1.293.

In the wild

κατασκοπήσοντα · kataskopēsonta Epictetus, Discourses 3.24 (DIORISIS sentence 5338)
κατασκοπῶν · kataskopōn Euripides, Helen *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 1040)
κατασκοπῆσαι · kataskopēsai New Testament, Galatians 2.4 (DIORISIS sentence 24)
κατασκοπεῦσαι · kataskopeusai Septuaginta, Josue (cod. Vat.) 14
κατασκοπεῦσαι · kataskopeusai Septuaginta, Josue (cod. Vat.) 2
κατασκοπεῦσαι · kataskopeusai Septuaginta, Josue (cod. Vat.) 2

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Where it came from

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