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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: σκοπός

(Strong's #4649 — Noun Masculine — skopos — skop-os' )

primarily, "a watcher" (from skopeo, "to look at;" Eng., "scope"), denotes "a mark on which to fix the eye," and is used metaphorically of an aim or object in Philippians 3:14 , RV, "goal" (AV, "mark"). See MARK.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Goal'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​g/goal.html. 1940.
 
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