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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 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:7 - Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn G4647 in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to [fn]torment me—to keep me from exalting myself!
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