- Transliteration: Skorpios

- Phonetic: skor-pee'-os

- Definition:

1. a scorpion, the name of a little animal, somewhat resembling a lobster, which in warm regions lurk, esp. in stone walls; it has a poisonous sting in its tail

- Origin: probably from an obsolete skerpo (perhaps strengthened from the base of G4649" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4649 and meaning to pierce)

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: Probably from σκέρπω skerpō an obsolete word (perhaps strengthened from the base of G4649" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4649 and meaning to pierce); a scorpion (from its sting): - scorpion.