Word study · lex.G4624
σκανδαλίζω skandalizō
cause to stumble · put a stumbling-block in the way
Team definition
A verb meaning, properly, to put a snare or stumbling-block in the way. In the New Testament it is always metaphorical of what hinders right conduct or thought: to cause someone to stumble, and in the passive, to be made to stumble. The passive occurs in some witnesses at Rom 14:21.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 28
Matt 5:29Matt 5:30Matt 11:6Matt 13:21Matt 13:57Matt 15:12Matt 17:27Matt 18:6Matt 18:8Matt 18:9Matt 24:10Matt 26:31Matt 26:33Mark 4:17Mark 6:3Mark 9:42Mark 9:43Mark 9:45Mark 9:47Mark 14:27Mark 14:29Luke 7:23Luke 17:2John 6:61John 16:1Rom 14:211 Cor 8:132 Cor 11:29
Senses
1. to cause a person to stumble Matt 18:6, Mark 9:42, Luke 17:2, 1 Cor 8:13
2. to be made to stumble (passive) Matt 11:6, Matt 13:21, Rom 14:21, 2 Cor 11:29
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. σκανδαλίζω (G4624)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G4624
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
Unclean, stumbling, and faith (14:13–23) Rom 14:13; Rom 14:14; Rom 14:15; Rom 14:16; Rom 14:17; Rom 14:18; Rom 14:19; Rom 14:20; Rom 14:21; Rom 14:22; Rom 14:23