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σκέπτομαι

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Gloss: to look about

Transliteration: skeptomai

Strong’s: G9100

1. to look about, look carefully , followed by preposition εἰς, (Odyssey by Homer):—;with accusative to look after, watch , (Iliad by Homer), attic:—;absolute to look out, reconnoitre , (Herdotus Historicus); σκέψαι look , (Aeschulus Tragicus); σκέψασθε look out , (Aristophanes Comicus)
2. of the mind, to look to, view, examine, consider, think on , (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.:—; σκέψασθε δέ: only consider , (Thucydides)
3. to think of beforehand, premeditate , (Demosthenes Orator)
4. perfect also in passive sense, ἐσκεμμένα things well-considered , (Thucydides); σκοπεῖτε οὖν. Answ. ἔσκεπται (Plato Philosophus); so 3 future passive ἐσκέψεται (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
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