STRONGS G4624:
σκανδαλίζω; 1 aorist
ἐσκανδαλισα; passive, present
σκανδαλίζομαι; imperfect
ἐσκανδαλιζομην; 1 aorist
ἐσκανδαλίσθην (cf.
Buttmann, 52 (45)); 1 future
σκανδαλισθήσομαι; (
σκάνδαλον);
Vulg.scandalizo; Peshitto
lSK) []; properly,
to put a stumbling-block or impediment in the way, upon which another may trip and fall;
to be a stumbling-block; in the N. T. always metaphorically, (
R. V. to cause or make to stumble;
A. V. to offend (cause to offend));
a. to entice to sin (Luth. ärgern, i. e. arg, bös machen):
τινα,
Matthew 5:29 (
Matthew 5:30);
Matthew 18:6,
8f;
Mark 9:42f,
45,
47;
Luke 17:2;
1 Corinthians 8:13; passive Latin
offendor (
A. V. to be offended),
Vulg.scandalizor, Peshitto
lSK []:
Romans 14:21 (
R G L Tr text);
2 Corinthians 11:29 (
R. V. is made to stumble; cf.
Winers Grammar, 153 (145)).
b. "to cause a person to begin to distrust and desert one whom he ought to trust and obey; to cause to fall away," and in the passive,
to fall away (
R. V. to stumble (cf. '
Teaching etc. 16, 5 [ET];
Hermas, vis. 4, 1, 3 [ET]; mand. 8, 10 [ET])):
τινα,
John 6:61; passive,
Matthew 13:21;
Matthew 24:10;
Matthew 26:33;
Mark 4:17;
Mark 14:29; (
John 16:1);
ἐν τίνι (
A. V.)
to be offended in one, (find occasion of stumbling in), i. e. to see in another what I disapprove of and what hinders me from acknowledging his authority:
Matthew 11:6;
Matthew 13:57;
Matthew 26:31;
Mark 6:3;
Mark 14:27;
Luke 7:23;
to cause one to judge unfavorably or unjustly of another, Matthew 17:27. Since the man who stumbles or whose foot gets entangled feels annoyed,
σκανδαλίζω means c.
to cause one to feel displeasure at a thing; to make indignant:
τινα, passive,
to be displeased, indignant (
A. V. offended),
Matthew 15:12. The verb
σκανδαλίζω is found neither in secular authors nor in the
Sept., but only in the relies of
Aq.'s version of the O. T.,
Psalm 63:9 (
Ps. 64:9);
Isaiah 8:15; (xl. 30);
Proverbs 4:12 for
כָּשַׁל; besides in Sir. 9:5 Sir. 23:8 Sir. 35:15 (Sir. 32:15); (Psalt.
Sal. 16,
7. Cf.
Winer's Grammar, 33.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Psalms
-
16; 16:7; 63:9; 64:9
- Proverbs
-
4:12
- Isaiah
-
8:15
- Matthew
-
5:29; 5:30; 11:6; 13:21; 13:57; 15:12; 17:27; 18:6; 18:8; 24:10; 26:31; 26:33
- Mark
-
4:17; 6:3; 9:42; 9:45; 9:47; 14:27; 14:29
- Luke
-
7:23; 17:2
- John
-
6:61; 16:1
- Romans
-
14:21
- 1 Corinthians
-
8:13
- 2 Corinthians
-
11:29