◄ 4625. skandalon ►
Strong's Lexicon skandalon: Stumbling block, offense, trap, snare Original Word: σκάνδαλον Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: skandalon Pronunciation: SKAN-dal-on Phonetic Spelling: (skan'-dal-on) Definition: a snare, stumbling-block, cause for error. Meaning: The term σκάνδαλον refers to a "stumbling block," "offense," or "trap." It is something that causes one to fall into sin or error, or that leads to spiritual downfall. Word Origin: Derived from a derivative of the verb σκανδαλίζω (skandalizō), which means "to cause to stumble" or "to offend." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with σκάνδαλον is מִכְשׁוֹל (mikshol), Strong's Hebrew 4383, which also means "stumbling block" or "obstacle." This term is used in the Old Testament to describe anything that causes one to fall or sin, similar to the Greek usage in the New Testament. Usage: The word σκάνδαλον is used in the New Testament to describe anything that leads to sin or causes someone to fall away from faith. It can refer to a physical obstacle, a moral hindrance, or a spiritual challenge that leads to offense or stumbling. Context: The concept of σκάνδαλον is significant in the New Testament, where it is often used metaphorically to describe spiritual and moral stumbling blocks. In Matthew 16:23, Jesus rebukes Peter, saying, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me," indicating that Peter's words were a hindrance to Jesus' mission. In Romans 14:13, Paul advises believers not to put a stumbling block or obstacle in a brother's way, emphasizing the importance of living in a manner that does not lead others into sin. The term is also used in the context of causing others to sin, as seen in Matthew 18:6-7, where Jesus warns against causing "one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble." This highlights the serious nature of leading others into sin and the responsibility of believers to avoid being a source of spiritual downfall for others. In 1 Corinthians 1:23, Paul speaks of Christ crucified as a "stumbling block to Jews," illustrating how the message of the cross was a spiritual challenge and offense to those who could not accept it. This usage underscores the paradox of the gospel, which can be both a source of salvation and a point of contention. HELPS Word-studies 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).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin of uncertain origin Definition a stick for bait (of a trap), generally a snare, a stumbling block, an offense NASB Translation cause for stumbling (1), hindrances (1), offense (2), stumbling block (7), stumbling blocks (4). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4625: σκάνδαλον σκάνδαλον, σκανδάλου, τό, a purely Biblical ((occurring some twenty-five times in the Greek O. T., and fifteen, quotations included, in the New)) and ecclesiastical word for σκανδάληθρον, which occurs occasionally in native Greek writings; the Sept. for מוקֵשׁ (a noose, a snare) and מִכְשׁול; a. properly, "the movable stick or tricker (`trigger') of a trap, trap-stick; a trap, snare; any impediment placed in the way and causing one to stumble or fall" (a stumblingblock, occasion of stumbling): Leviticus 19:14; πέτρα σκανκαλου (A. V. a rock of offence), i. e. a rock which is a cause of stumbling (Latinoffendiculum) — figuratively 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 salvation (see πρόσκομμα), Romans 9:33 and 1 Peter 2:8 (7) (from Isaiah 8:14). b. metaphorically, "any person or thing by which one is (`entrapped') drawn into error or sin" (cf. Winer's Grammar, 32); α. of persons ((Joshua 23:13; 1 Samuel 18:21)): Matthew 13:41; Matthew 16:23 (where σκάνδαλον "non ex effectu, sed ex natura et condicione propria dicitur," Calov.); so Χριστός ἐσταυρωμένος is called (because his ignominious death on the cross roused the opposition of the Jews), 1 Corinthians 1:23. β. of things: τιθέναι τίνι σκάνδαλον (literally, in Judith 5:1), to put a stumbling-block in one's way, i. e. to do that by which another is led to sin, Romans 14:13; the same idea is expressed by βάλλειν σκάνδαλον ἐνώπιον τίνος (to cast a stumbling-block before one), Revelation 2:14; οὐκ ἐστι σκάνδαλον ἐν τίνι (see εἰμί, V. 4. e.), 1 John 2:10; plural σκάνδαλα, words or deeds which entice to sin (Wis. 14:11), Matthew 18:7 (cf. Buttmann, 322 (277) n.; Winer's Grammar, 371 (348)); Luke 17:1; σκάνδαλα ποιεῖν παρά τήν διδαχήν, to cause persons to be drawn away from the true doctrine into error and sin (cf. παρά, III. 2 a.), Romans 16:17; τό σκάνδαλον τοῦ σταυροῦ, the offence which the cross, i. e. Christ's death on the cross, gives (cf. α. at the end above), (R. V. the stumbling-block of the cross), Galatians 5:11; equivalent to a cause of destruction, Romans 11:9, from Psalm 68:23 (). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance 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 Forms and Transliterations σκανδαλα σκάνδαλα σκανδαλον σκάνδαλον σκάνδαλόν σκανδαλου σκανδάλου σκανδαλων σκανδάλων skandala skándala skandalon skandalōn skandálon skandálōn skándalon skandalou skandálou Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 13:41 N-ANP GRK: 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 GRK: 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 GRK: 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 GRK: 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 GRK: 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 GRK: 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 GRK: 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 GRK: 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 GRK: 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 GRK: 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 GRK: 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 GRK: 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 GRK: 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 GRK: 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 GRK: 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 Strong's Greek 4625 15 Occurrences σκάνδαλα — 4 Occ. σκανδάλων — 1 Occ. σκάνδαλον — 8 Occ. σκανδάλου — 2 Occ.