UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: goal

Semantic entry: 84.28

Semantic domains: Spacial Extensions

Subdomains: Extension To a Goal

Definition: that toward which movement or activity is directed

Notes: The context of σκοπός in RV PHP 3:14 · LV PHP 3:14 · Read together PHP 3:14 is highly figurative, and in some languages it may be better rendered as ‘what I seek to achieve’ or ‘what I wish to accomplish.’ For σκοπός in the idiom κατὰ σκοπὸν διώκω, see 89.56: διώκω / 89.56: κατά.