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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 sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:30 - If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:6 - Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:21 - But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:57

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:57 - And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:27 - But so that we don't offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma 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 if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open 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 sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:9 - And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:10 - Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:31 - Then Jesus said to them, "This night you will all fall away because of me, 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 - Peter said to him, "If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:17 - But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:3 - Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren't his sisters here with us?" And so they took offense at him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:42 - "If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone tied around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:43 - If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, to the unquenchable fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:45 - If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:47 - If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:27 - Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, 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 - Peter said to him, "Even if they all fall away, I will not!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:23 - Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:2 - It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:61

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:61 - When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:1 - "I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:13 - For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

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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 led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?
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