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Lexicon :: Strong's G4625 - skandalon

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σκάνδαλον
Transliteration
skandalon (Key)
Pronunciation
skan'-dal-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from a derivative of κάμπτω (G2578)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:339,1036

Strong’s Definitions

σκάνδαλον skándalon, skan'-dal-on; ("scandal"); probably from a derivative of G2578; a trap-stick (bent sapling), i.e. snare (figuratively, cause of displeasure or sin):—occasion to fall (of stumbling), offence, thing that offends, stumblingblock.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G4625 in the following manner: offence (9x), stumbling block (3x), occasion of stumbling (1x), occasion to fall (1x), thing that offends (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G4625 in the following manner: offence (9x), stumbling block (3x), occasion of stumbling (1x), occasion to fall (1x), thing that offends (1x).

  1. the movable stick or trigger of a trap, a trap stick

    1. a trap, snare

    2. any impediment placed in the way and causing one to stumble or fall, (a stumbling block, occasion of stumbling) i.e. a rock which is a cause of stumbling

    3. fig. applied to Jesus Christ, whose person and career were so contrary to the expectations of the Jews concerning the Messiah, that they rejected him and by their obstinacy made shipwreck of their salvation

  2. any person or thing by which one is (entrapped) drawn into error or sin

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκάνδαλον skándalon, skan'-dal-on; ("scandal"); probably from a derivative of G2578; a trap-stick (bent sapling), i.e. snare (figuratively, cause of displeasure or sin):—occasion to fall (of stumbling), offence, thing that offends, stumblingblock.
STRONGS G4625:
σκάνδαλον, σκανδάλου, τό, a purely Biblical ((occurring some twenty-five times in the Greek O. T., and fifteen, quotations included, in the New)) and ecclesiastical word for σκανδάληθρον, which occurs occasionally in native Greek writings; the Sept. for מוקֵשׁ (a noose, a snare) and מִכְשׁול;
a. properly, the movable stick or tricker ('trigger') of a trap, trap-stick; a trap, snare; any impediment placed in the way and causing one to stumble or fall (a stumblingblock, occasion of stumbling): Leviticus 19:14; πέτρα σκανκαλου (A. V. a rock of offence), i. e. a rock which is a cause of stumbling (Latin offendiculum) — figuratively applied to Jesus Christ, whose person and career were so contrary to the expectations of the Jews concerning the Messiah, that they rejected him and by their obstinacy made shipwreck of salvation (see πρόσκομμα), Romans 9:33 and 1 Peter 2:8 (7) (from Isaiah 8:14).
b. metaphorically, any person or thing by which one is ('entrapped') drawn into error or sin (cf. Winer's Grammar, 32);
α. of persons ((Joshua 23:13; 1 Samuel 18:21)): Matthew 13:41; Matthew 16:23 (where σκάνδαλον "non ex effectu, sed ex natura et condicione propria dicitur," Calov.); so Χριστός ἐσταυρωμένος is called (because his ignominious death on the cross roused the opposition of the Jews), 1 Corinthians 1:23.
β. of things: τιθέναι τίνι σκάνδαλον (literally, in Judith 5:1), to put a stumbling-block in one's way, i. e. to do that by which another is led to sin, Romans 14:13; the same idea is expressed by βάλλειν σκάνδαλον ἐνώπιον τίνος (to cast a stumbling-block before one), Revelation 2:14; οὐκ ἐστι σκάνδαλον ἐν τίνι (see εἰμί, V. 4. e.), 1 John 2:10; plural σκάνδαλα, words or deeds which entice to sin (Wis. 14:11), Matthew 18:7 (cf. Buttmann, 322 (277) n.; Winer's Grammar, 371 (348)); Luke 17:1; σκάνδαλα ποιεῖν παρά τήν διδαχήν, to cause persons to be drawn away from the true doctrine into error and sin (cf. παρά, III. 2 a.), Romans 16:17; τό σκάνδαλον τοῦ σταυροῦ, the offence which the cross, i. e. Christ's death on the cross, gives (cf. α. at the end above), (R. V. the stumbling-block of the cross), Galatians 5:11; equivalent to a cause of destruction, Romans 11:9, from Psalm 68:23 (Ps. 69:23).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
19:14
Joshua
23:13
1 Samuel
18:21
Psalms
68:23; 69:23
Isaiah
8:14
Matthew
13:41; 16:23; 18:7
Luke
17:1
Romans
9:33; 11:9; 14:13; 16:17
1 Corinthians
1:23
Galatians
5:11
1 Peter
2:8
1 John
2:10
Revelation
2:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4625 matches the Greek σκάνδαλον (skandalon),
which occurs 15 times in 13 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:41 - the Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather up out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the unlawlessness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:23 - and he having turned, said to Peter, 'Get thee behind me, adversary! thou art a stumbling-block to me, for thou dost not mind the things of God, but the things of men.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:7 - 'Wo to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but wo to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:1 - And he said unto the disciples, 'It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but wo to him through whom they come;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:33 - according as it hath been written, 'Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:9 - and David saith, 'Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompense to them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:13 - no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:17 - And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:23 - also we -- we preach Christ crucified, to Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to Greeks foolishness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:11 - And I, brethren, if uncircumcision I yet preach, why yet am I persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:8 - and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence -- who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving, -- to which also they were set;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:10 - he who is loving his brother, in the light he doth remain, and a stumbling-block in him there is not;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:14 - 'But I have against thee a few things: That thou hast there those holding the teaching of Balaam, who did teach Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol-sacrifices, and to commit whoredom;
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