ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΟΝ, σκανδαλον
SKANDALON, skandalon
Sounds Like: SKAN-da-lon
Translations: stumbling block, an offense, a snare, trap, cause of ruin
From the root: ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an obstacle or impediment that causes someone to stumble or fall, either literally or figuratively. It can also mean a snare or trap. In a moral or spiritual sense, it denotes anything that causes someone to sin, fall away from faith, or be led astray.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4625 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 4:3
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judith — 12:2
- 1 Maccabees — 5:4
- Psalms — 48:14, 49:20, 105:36, 118:165, 139:6
- Sirach — 7:6
- Matthew — 16:23
- Romans — 11:9, 14:13
- 1 Corinthians — 1:23
- Galatians — 5:11
- 1 John — 2:10
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 18:1
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 22:10
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Leviticus — 19:14
- Judges — 2:3
- 1 Samuel — 18:21, 25:31
- Judith — 5:20, 12:2
- 1 Maccabees — 5:4
- Psalms — 48:14, 49:20, 68:23, 105:36, 118:165, 139:6
- Sirach — 7:6, 27:23
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 16:23, 18:7
- Romans — 11:9, 14:13
- 1 Corinthians — 1:23
- Galatians — 5:11
- 1 John — 2:10
- Revelation — 2:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΟΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΚΑΔΑΛΙΣΗ — stumbling block, cause of stumbling, offense, a snare, a trap
- ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΑ — stumbling blocks, offenses, snares, traps, causes of ruin
- ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΙΣΗ — stumbling block, cause of stumbling, offense, scandal, a stumbling block, an offense
- ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΟ — stumbling block, offense, cause of stumbling, snare, trap, a stumbling block, an offense
- ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΟΙΣ — to stumbling blocks, to offenses, to snares, to traps
- ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΟΥ — of a stumbling block, of an offense, of a snare, of a cause of ruin, of a scandal
- ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΩΝ — of stumbling blocks, of offenses, of snares, of traps
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