skandalon <4625>
skandalon skandalon ("scandal")
| Pronunciation: | skan'-dal-on |
| Origin: | probably from a derivative of 2578 |
| Reference: | TDNT - 7:339,1036 |
| PrtSpch: | n n |
| In Greek: | skandala 4, skandalon 8, skandalou 2, skandalwn 1 |
| In NET: | a stumbling block 4, stumbling blocks 2, a trap 1, Stumbling blocks 1, causes sin 1, obstacles 1, stumbling 1, offense 1, trip over 1 |
| In AV: | offence 9, stumbling block 3, occasion of stumbling 1, occasion to fall 1, thing that offends 1 |
| Count: | 15 |
| Definition: | 1) the movable stick or trigger of a trap, a trap stick 1a) a trap, snare 1b) 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 1c) 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 ("scandal;" probably from a derivative of 2578; a trap-stick (bent sapling), i.e. snare (figuratively, cause of displeasure or sin):-occasion to fall (of stumbling), offence, thing that offends, stumblingblock. see GREEK for 2578 |
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