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Lexicon :: Strong's G4624 - skandalizō

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σκανδαλίζω
Transliteration
skandalizō (Key)
Pronunciation
skan-dal-id'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:339,1036

Strong’s Definitions

σκανδαλίζω skandalízō, skan-dal-id'-zo; from G4625; to entrap, i.e. trip up (figuratively, stumble (transitively) or entice to sin, apostasy or displeasure):—(make to) offend.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's G4624 in the following manner: offend (28x), make to offend (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's G4624 in the following manner: offend (28x), make to offend (2x).

  1. to put a stumbling block or impediment in the way, upon which another may trip and fall, metaph. to offend

    1. to entice to sin

    2. to cause a person to begin to distrust and desert one whom he ought to trust and obey

      1. to cause to fall away

      2. to be offended in one, i.e. to see in another what I disapprove of and what hinders me from acknowledging his authority

      3. to cause one to judge unfavourably or unjustly of another

    3. since one who stumbles or whose foot gets entangled feels annoyed

      1. to cause one displeasure at a thing

      2. to make indignant

      3. to be displeased, indignant

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκανδαλίζω skandalízō, skan-dal-id'-zo; from G4625; to entrap, i.e. trip up (figuratively, stumble (transitively) or entice to sin, apostasy or displeasure):—(make to) offend.
STRONGS G4624:
σκανδαλίζω; 1 aorist ἐσκανδαλισα; passive, present σκανδαλίζομαι; imperfect ἐσκανδαλιζομην; 1 aorist ἐσκανδαλίσθην (cf. Buttmann, 52 (45)); 1 future σκανδαλισθήσομαι; (σκάνδαλον); Vulg.scandalizo; Peshitto lSK) []; properly, to put a stumbling-block or impediment in the way, upon which another may trip and fall; to be a stumbling-block; in the N. T. always metaphorically, (R. V. to cause or make to stumble; A. V. to offend (cause to offend));
a. to entice to sin (Luth. ärgern, i. e. arg, bös machen): τινα, Matthew 5:29 (Matthew 5:30); Matthew 18:6,8f; Mark 9:42f, 45, 47; Luke 17:2; 1 Corinthians 8:13; passive Latinoffendor (A. V. to be offended), Vulg.scandalizor, Peshitto lSK []: Romans 14:21 (R G L Tr text); 2 Corinthians 11:29 (R. V. is made to stumble; cf. Winers Grammar, 153 (145)).
b. "to cause a person to begin to distrust and desert one whom he ought to trust and obey; to cause to fall away," and in the passive, to fall away (R. V. to stumble (cf. 'Teaching etc. 16, 5 [ET]; Hermas, vis. 4, 1, 3 [ET]; mand. 8, 10 [ET])): τινα, John 6:61; passive, Matthew 13:21; Matthew 24:10; Matthew 26:33; Mark 4:17; Mark 14:29; (John 16:1); ἐν τίνι (A. V.) to be offended in one, (find occasion of stumbling in), i. e. to see in another what I disapprove of and what hinders me from acknowledging his authority: Matthew 11:6; Matthew 13:57; Matthew 26:31; Mark 6:3; Mark 14:27; Luke 7:23; to cause one to judge unfavorably or unjustly of another, Matthew 17:27. Since the man who stumbles or whose foot gets entangled feels annoyed, σκανδαλίζω means c. to cause one to feel displeasure at a thing; to make indignant: τινα, passive, to be displeased, indignant (A. V. offended), Matthew 15:12. The verb σκανδαλίζω is found neither in secular authors nor in the Sept., but only in the relies of Aq.'s version of the O. T., Psalm 63:9 (Ps. 64:9); Isaiah 8:15; (xl. 30); Proverbs 4:12 for כָּשַׁל; besides in Sir. 9:5 Sir. 23:8 Sir. 35:15 (Sir. 32:15); (Psalt. Sal. 16, 7. Cf. Winer's Grammar, 33.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
16; 16:7; 63:9; 64:9
Proverbs
4:12
Isaiah
8:15
Matthew
5:29; 5:30; 11:6; 13:21; 13:57; 15:12; 17:27; 18:6; 18:8; 24:10; 26:31; 26:33
Mark
4:17; 6:3; 9:42; 9:45; 9:47; 14:27; 14:29
Luke
7:23; 17:2
John
6:61; 16:1
Romans
14:21
1 Corinthians
8:13
2 Corinthians
11:29

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4624 matches the Greek σκανδαλίζω (skandalizō),
which occurs 29 times in 27 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:29 - If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehinnom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:30 - If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be thrown into Gehinnom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:6 - Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:21 - yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:57

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:57 - They were offended by him. But Yeshua said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:12 - Then the talmidim came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Perushim were offended, when they heard this saying?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:27 - But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:6 - but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:8 - If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:9 - If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehinnom of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:10 - Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:31 - Then Yeshua said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:33 - But Rock answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:17 - They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:3 - Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Miryam, and brother of Ya`akov, Yosi, Yehudah, and Shim`on? Aren't his sisters here with us?" They were offended at him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:42 - Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:43 - If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehinnom, into the unquenchable fire,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:45 - If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehinnom, into the fire that will never be quenched --

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:47 - If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehinnom of fire,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:27 - Yeshua said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:29 - But Rock said to him, "Although all will be offended, yet I will not."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:23 - Blessed is he who is not offended by me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:2 - It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:61

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:61 - But Yeshua knowing in himself that his talmidim murmured at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:1 - "These things have I spoken to you, so that you wouldn't be caused to stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:13 - Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forevermore, that I don't cause my brother to stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:29 - Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don't burn with indignation?
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