4349. proskopé
Strong's Lexicon
proskopé: Stumbling block, offense, occasion for stumbling

Original Word: προσκοπή
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: proskopé
Pronunciation: pros-kop-AY
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-kop-ay')
Definition: Stumbling block, offense, occasion for stumbling
Meaning: a cause of stumbling, offense, shock.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb προσκόπτω (proskoptō), meaning "to stumble" or "to cause to stumble."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of stumbling is מִכְשׁוֹל (mikshol), Strong's Hebrew 4383, which also means "stumbling block" or "obstacle."

Usage: The term "proskopé" refers to an obstacle or hindrance that causes someone to stumble or fall, either physically or metaphorically. In the New Testament, it is often used in a spiritual or moral sense, indicating something that leads a person into sin or causes them to falter in their faith.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of stumbling was not only physical but also metaphorical, often used to describe moral or ethical failings. The Jewish tradition also emphasized the importance of not placing a stumbling block before others, as seen in Leviticus 19:14. In the early Christian context, believers were encouraged to live in a way that would not cause others to stumble in their faith.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from proskoptó
Definition
an occasion of stumbling
NASB Translation
cause for offense (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4349: προσκοπή

προσκοπή, προσκοπης, (προσκόπτω), an occasion of stumbling (so R. V. (but A. V. offence)): διδόναι προσκοπήν (namely, ἄλλοις), to do something which causes others to stumble, i. e. leads them into error or sin, 2 Corinthians 6:3 (cf. Winers Grammar, 484 (451)). (Polybius; (for כִּשָּׁלון, fall, Proverbs 16:18, Graecus Venetus).)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
offense.

From proskopto; a stumbling, i.e. (figuratively and concretely) occasion of sin -- offence.

see GREEK proskopto

Forms and Transliterations
προσκοπην προσκοπήν proskopen proskopēn proskopḗn
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Englishman's Concordance
2 Corinthians 6:3 N-AFS
GRK: μηδενὶ διδόντες προσκοπήν ἵνα μὴ
NAS: no cause for offense in anything,
KJV: Giving no offence in any thing,
INT: no one giving obstacle that not

Strong's Greek 4349
1 Occurrence


προσκοπήν — 1 Occ.















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