skandalon
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4625. skandalon

skandalon: a stick for bait (of a trap), generally a snare, a stumbling block, an offense
Original Word: σκάνδαλον, ου, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: skandalon
Phonetic Spelling: (skan'-dal-on)
Short Definition: a snare, stumbling-block
Definition: a snare, stumbling-block, cause for error.

4625 skándalon – properly, the trigger of a trap (the mechanism closing a trap down on the unsuspecting victim); (figuratively) an offense, putting a negative cause-and-effect relationship into motion.

4625 /skándalon ("the means of stumbling") stresses the method (means) of entrapment, i.e. how someone is caught by their own devices (like their personal bias, carnal thinking).

["4625 (skándalon) is the native rock rising up through the earth, which trips up the traveler, hence, of Jesus the Messiah, to the Jews who refused him" (Souter); "properly, the bait-stick of a trap, a snare, stumbling-block" (Abbott-Smith); "the stick in the trap that springs and closes the trap when the animal touches it" (WP, 1, 46).]

Word Origin
of uncertain origin
Definition
a stick for bait (of a trap), generally a snare, a stumbling block, an offense
NASB Word Usage
cause for stumbling (1), hindrances (1), offense (2), stumbling block (7), stumbling blocks (4).

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stumbling block.

Scandal; probably from a derivative of kampto; 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 kampto

σκανδαλισθῇ — 2 Occ.
σκανδαλισθήσεσθε — 2 Occ.
σκανδαλισθήσομαι — 1 Occ.
σκανδαλισθήσονται — 3 Occ.
σκανδαλισθῆτε — 1 Occ.
σκανδαλίζῃ — 3 Occ.
σκανδαλίζει — 6 Occ.
σκανδαλίζεται — 2 Occ.
σκανδαλίζονται — 1 Occ.
σκάνδαλα — 4 Occ.
σκάνδαλον — 8 Occ.
σκανδάλου — 2 Occ.
ἔσκαψεν — 1 Occ.
σκάψω — 1 Occ.
σκάπτειν — 1 Occ.
σκάφην — 1 Occ.
σκάφης — 2 Occ.
σκέλη — 3 Occ.
σκεπάσματα — 1 Occ.
Σκευᾶ — 1 Occ.


Strong's Greek 4625
15 Occurrences


σκάνδαλα — 4 Occ.
σκανδάλων — 1 Occ.
σκάνδαλον — 8 Occ.
σκανδάλου — 2 Occ.

Matthew 13:41 N-ANP
BIB: πάντα τὰ σκάνδαλα καὶ τοὺς
NAS: all stumbling blocks, and those
KJV: all things that offend, and
INT: all the causes of sin and those who

Matthew 16:23 N-ANS
BIB: μου Σατανᾶ σκάνδαλον εἶ ἐμοῦ
NAS: Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind
KJV: art an offence unto me:
INT: me Satan a stumbling block you are to me

Matthew 18:7 N-GNP
BIB: ἀπὸ τῶν σκανδάλων ἀνάγκη γὰρ
NAS: because of [its] stumbling blocks!
KJV: because of offences! for
INT: because of the temptations to sin for necessary [is] indeed

Matthew 18:7 N-ANP
BIB: ἐλθεῖν τὰ σκάνδαλα πλὴν οὐαὶ
NAS: of [its] stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable
KJV: be that offences come;
INT: to come the trespasses yet woe

Matthew 18:7 N-NNS
BIB: οὗ τὸ σκάνδαλον ἔρχεται
NAS: For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come;
KJV: by whom the offence cometh!
INT: whom the offense comes

Luke 17:1 N-ANP
BIB: τοῦ τὰ σκάνδαλα μὴ ἐλθεῖν
NAS: It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come,
KJV: but that offences will come:
INT: that the trespasses not should come

Romans 9:33 N-GNS
BIB: καὶ πέτραν σκανδάλου καὶ ὁ
NAS: AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE, AND HE WHO BELIEVES
KJV: and rock of offence: and whosoever
INT: and rock of offense and whoever

Romans 11:9 N-ANS
BIB: καὶ εἰς σκάνδαλον καὶ εἰς
NAS: AND A TRAP, AND A STUMBLING BLOCK AND A RETRIBUTION
INT: and for a stumbling block and for

Romans 14:13 N-ANS
BIB: ἀδελφῷ ἢ σκάνδαλον
NAS: or a stumbling block in a brother's
KJV: or an occasion to fall in [his] brother's way.
INT: brother or a stumbling block

Romans 16:17 N-ANP
BIB: καὶ τὰ σκάνδαλα παρὰ τὴν
NAS: dissensions and hindrances contrary
KJV: and offences contrary
INT: and obstacles contrary to the

1 Corinthians 1:23 N-ANS
BIB: Ἰουδαίοις μὲν σκάνδαλον ἔθνεσιν δὲ
NAS: to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles
INT: to Jews indeed a stumbling block to Greeks moreover

Galatians 5:11 N-NNS
BIB: κατήργηται τὸ σκάνδαλον τοῦ σταυροῦ
NAS: Then the stumbling block of the cross
KJV: is the offence of the cross
INT: has been done away the offense of the cross

1 Peter 2:8 N-GNS
BIB: καὶ πέτρα σκανδάλου οἳ προσκόπτουσιν
NAS: AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE; for they stumble
KJV: a rock of offence, [even to them] which
INT: and a rock of offense who stumble at

1 John 2:10 N-NNS
BIB: μένει καὶ σκάνδαλον ἐν αὐτῷ
NAS: and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
KJV: none occasion of stumbling in
INT: abides and cause for stumbling in him

Revelation 2:14 N-ANS
BIB: Βαλὰκ βαλεῖν σκάνδαλον ἐνώπιον τῶν
NAS: to put a stumbling block before
KJV: to cast a stumblingblock before
INT: Balak to cast a snare before the

15 Occurrences


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