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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 8 times in 8 verses in 'Mar' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:17 - And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. G4624

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:3 - Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended G4624 at him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:42 - And whosoever shall offend G4624 one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:43 - And if thy hand offend G4624 thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:45 - And if thy foot offend G4624 thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:47 - And if thine eye offend G4624 thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:27 - And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended G4624 because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:29 - But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, G4624 yet will not I.
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