Strong's Greek #4649 - σκοπός, οῦ, ὁ skopos (a watchman)

goal, mark.

From skeptomai (to peer about ("skeptic"); perhaps akin to skapto through the idea of concealment; compare skepasma); a watch (sentry or scout), i.e. (by implication) a goal -- mark.

see GREEK skapto

see GREEK skepasma

Strong's 4649: σκοπός

σκοπός, σκοποῦ, ὁ ((from a root denoting 'to spy,' 'peer,' 'look into the distance'; cf. also Latinspecio, speculum, species, etc.; Fick i., 251f; iv., 279; Curtius, § 111)); from Homer down;

1. an observer, a watchman.

2. the distant mark looked at, the goal or end one has in view: κατά σκοπόν (on this phrase see κατά, II. 1 c.), Philippians 3:14.

Strong's Greek: 4649. σκοπός (skopos) — 1 Occurrence

Philippians 3:14 - N-AMS
GRK: κατὰ σκοπὸν διώκω εἰς
NAS: on toward the goal for the prize
KJV: I press toward the mark for the prize
INT: toward [the] goal I pursue for