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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 corrupted themselves;
They are not His children,
Because of their blemish:
A perverse and crooked generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:18 - If He puts no trust in His servants,
If He charges His angels with error,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:20 - Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me;
Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8 - And may not be like their fathers,
A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that did not set its heart aright,
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:15 - Whose ways are crooked,
And who are devious in their paths;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:24 - Put away from you a deceitful mouth,
And put perverse lips 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 with righteousness;
Nothing crooked or perverse is in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:26 - The person who labors, labors for himself,
For his hungry mouth drives him on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:28 - A perverse man sows strife,
And a whisperer separates the best of friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:8 - The way of a guilty man is perverse;[fn]
But as for the pure, his work is right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5 - Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will be far from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:14 - The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit;
He who is abhorred by the LORD will fall there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:33

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:18 - Whoever walks blamelessly will be saved,
But he who is perverse 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 severe sword, great and strong,
Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
Leviathan that twisted serpent;
And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:4 - Every valley shall be exalted
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough places smooth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16 - I will bring the blind by a way they did not know;
I will lead them in paths they have not known.
I will make darkness light before them,
And crooked places straight.
These things I will do for them,
And not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:28 - They are all stubborn rebels, walking as slanderers.
They are bronze and iron,
They are all corrupters;

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8 - The watchman of Ephraim is with my God;
But the prophet is a fowler’s[fn] snare in all his ways—
Enmity in the house of his God.
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