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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 30 times in 28 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:29 - 'But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:30 - 'And, if thy right hand doth cause thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:6 - and happy is he who may not be stumbled in me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:21 - and he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:57

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:57 - and they were stumbled at him. And Jesus 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 BoxMat 15:12 - Then his disciples having come near, said to him, 'Hast thou known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:27 - but, that we may not cause them to stumble, having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and the fish that hath come up first take thou up, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater, that having taken, give to them for me and thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:6 - and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in me, it is better for him that a weighty millstone may be hanged upon his neck, and he may be sunk in the depth of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:8 - 'And if thy hand or thy foot doth cause thee to stumble, cut them off and cast from thee; it is good for thee to enter into the life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast to the fire the age-during.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:9 - 'And if thine eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee; it is good for thee one-eyed to enter into the life, rather than having two eyes to be cast to the gehenna of the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:10 - and then shall many be stumbled, and they shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:31 - then saith Jesus to them, 'All ye shall be stumbled at me this night; for it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:33 - And Peter answering said to him, 'Even if all shall be stumbled at thee, I will never be stumbled.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:17 - and have not root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:42 - and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:43 - 'And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire -- the unquenchable --

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:45 - 'And if thy foot may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into the life lame, than having the two feet to be cast to the gehenna, to the fire -- the unquenchable --

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:47 - And if thine eye may cause thee to stumble, cast it out; it is better for thee one-eyed to enter into the reign of God, than having two eyes, to be cast to the gehenna of the fire --

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:27 - and Jesus saith to them -- 'All ye shall be stumbled at me this night, because it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:29 - And Peter said to him, 'And if all shall be stumbled, yet not I;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:23 - and happy is he whoever may not be stumbled in me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:2 - it is more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put round about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:61

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:61 - And Jesus having known in himself that his disciples are murmuring about this, said to them, 'Doth this stumble you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:1 - 'These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:21 - Right it is not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:13 - wherefore, if victuals cause my brother to stumble, I may eat no flesh -- to the age -- that my brother I may not cause to stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:29 - Who is infirm, and I am not infirm? who is stumbled, and I am not fired;
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