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Lexicon :: Strong's G4651 - skorpios

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σκορπίος
Transliteration
skorpios (Key)
Pronunciation
skor-pee'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from an obsolete skerpo (perhaps strengthened from the base of σκοπός (G4649) and meaning to pierce)
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Strong’s Definitions

σκορπίος skorpíos, skor-pee'-os; probably from an obsolete σκέρπω skérpō (perhaps strengthened from the base of G4649 and meaning to pierce); a "scorpion" (from its sting):—scorpion.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G4651 in the following manner: scorpion (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G4651 in the following manner: scorpion (5x).

  1. a scorpion, the name of a little animal, somewhat resembling a lobster, which in warm regions lurk, esp. in stone walls; it has a poisonous sting in its tail

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκορπίος skorpíos, skor-pee'-os; probably from an obsolete σκέρπω skérpō (perhaps strengthened from the base of G4649 and meaning to pierce); a "scorpion" (from its sting):—scorpion.
STRONGS G4651:
σκορπίος, σκορπίου, ὁ ((for the derivation see the preceding word); from Aeschylus down; on its accent, cf. Chandler § 246), a scorpion, the Sept. for עַקְרָב, the name of a little animal, somewhat resembling a lobster, which in warm regions lurks especially in stone walls; it has a poisonous sting in its tail (McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia and BB. DD., under the word): Luke 10:19; Luke 11:12; Revelation 9:3, 5, 10.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
10:19; 11:12
Revelation
9:3; 9:5; 9:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4651 matches the Greek σκορπίος (skorpios),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - “He led you through the great and fearsome wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He brought water for you out of the rock of flint.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - ‘So now, my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14 - and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - ‘So now my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “[fn]My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:6 - “Now as for you, son of man, do not fear them and do not fear their words, though thistles and briers are with you and you sit on scorpions; neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house.
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