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Lexicon :: Strong's G4647 - skolops

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σκόλοψ
Transliteration
skolops (Key)
Pronunciation
skol'-ops
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
3x in 3 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:409,1047

Strong’s Definitions

σκόλοψ skólops, skol'-ops; perhaps from the base of G4628 and G3700; withered at the front, i.e. a point or prickle (figuratively, a bodily annoyance or disability):—thorn.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4647 in the following manner: thorn (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4647 in the following manner: thorn (1x).

  1. a pointed piece of wood, a pale, a stake

  2. a sharp stake, splinter

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκόλοψ skólops, skol'-ops; perhaps from the base of G4628 and G3700; withered at the front, i.e. a point or prickle (figuratively, a bodily annoyance or disability):—thorn.
STRONGS G4647:
σκόλοψ, σκολοπος, ὁ, from Homer down, a pointed piece of wood, a pale, a stake: ἐδόθη μοι σκόλοψ τῇ σαρκί, a sharp stake (others say splinter, A. V. thorn; cf. Numbers 33:55; Ezekiel 28:24; Hosea 2:6 (8); Babrius fab. 122, 1. 10; others (Sir. 43:19)), to pierce my flesh, appears to indicate some constant bodily ailment or infirmity, which, even when Paul had been caught up in a trance to the third heaven, sternly admonished him that he still dwelt in a frail and mortal body, 2 Corinthians 12:7 (cf. 2 Corinthians 12:1-4); (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 10 N. 3; Buttmann, § 133, 27. On Paul's thorn in the flesh see Farrar, St. Paul, i. 652ff (Excursus x.); Lightfoot's Commentary on Galatians, p. 186ff; Schaff in his 'Popular Commentary' on Galatians, p. 331f.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
33:55
Ezekiel
28:24
Hosea
2:6
2 Corinthians
12:1; 12:2; 12:3; 12:4; 12:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4647 matches the Greek σκόλοψ (skolops),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:55

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:55 - But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:24 - “And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:6 - Therefore I will hedge up her[fn] way with thorns,
and I will build a wall against her,
so that she cannot find her paths.
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