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Lexicon :: Strong's G4646 - skolios

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σκολιός
Transliteration
skolios (Key)
Pronunciation
skol-ee-os'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of σκέλος (G4628)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:403,1046

Strong’s Definitions

σκολιός skoliós, skol-ee-os'; from the base of G4628; warped, i.e. winding; figuratively, perverse:—crooked, froward, untoward.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4646 in the following manner: crooked (2x), untoward (1x), froward (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4646 in the following manner: crooked (2x), untoward (1x), froward (1x).

  1. crooked, curved

  2. metaph.

    1. perverse, wicked

    2. unfair, surly, froward

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκολιός skoliós, skol-ee-os'; from the base of G4628; warped, i.e. winding; figuratively, perverse:—crooked, froward, untoward.
STRONGS G4646:
σκολιός, σκολιά, σκολιόν (opposed to ὀρθός, ὄρθιος, εὐθύς (cf. σκώληξ)), from Homer down, crooked, curved: properly, of a way (Proverbs 28:18), τά σκολιά, Luke 3:5 (opposed to ἡ εὐθεῖα namely, ὁδός, from Isaiah 40:4); metaphorically, perverse, wicked: ἡ γενεά ἡ σκολιά, Acts 2:40; with διεστραμμένη added, Philippians 2:15 (clearly so Deuteronomy 32:5); unfair, surly, froward (opposed to ἀγαθός καί ἐπιεικής), 1 Peter 2:18.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
32:5
Proverbs
28:18
Isaiah
40:4
Luke
3:5
Acts
2:40
Philippians
2:15
1 Peter
2:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4646 matches the Greek σκολιός (skolios),
which occurs 20 times in 19 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:5 - They have dealt corruptly with him;
they are no longer his children because they are blemished;
they are a crooked and twisted generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:18 - Even in his servants he puts no trust,
and his angels he charges with error;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:20 - Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me;
though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8 - and that they should not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:15 - men whose paths are crooked,
and who are devious in their ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:24 - Put away from you crooked speech,
and put devious talk far from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:8 - All the words of my mouth are righteous;
there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:26 - A worker’s appetite works for him;
his mouth urges him on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:28 - A dishonest man spreads strife,
and a whisperer separates close friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:8 - The way of the guilty is crooked,
but the conduct of the pure is upright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5 - Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:14 - The mouth of forbidden[fn] women is a deep pit;
he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:33 - Your eyes will see strange things,
and your heart utter perverse things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:18 - Whoever walks in integrity will be delivered,
but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:4 - Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16 - And I will lead the blind
in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:28 - They are all stubbornly rebellious,
going about with slanders;
they are bronze and iron;
all of them act corruptly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8 - The prophet is the watchman of Ephraim with my God;
yet a fowler’s snare is on all his ways,
and hatred in the house of his God.
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