G4624
σκανδαλίζω
skandalizō
Appears in 28 Bible verses
Strong's Definition
to entrap, i.e. trip up (figuratively, stumble(transitively) or entice to sin, apostasy or displeasure) — (make to)offend.
Detailed Meaning
to put a stumbling block or impediment in the way, upon which another may trip and fall, metaph. to offend, to entice to sin, to cause a person to begin to distrust and desert one whom he ought to trust and obey, to cause to fall away, to be offended in one, i.e. to see in another what I disapprove of and what hinders me from acknowledging his authority, to cause one to judge unfavourably or unjustly of another, since one who stumbles or whose foot gets entangled feels annoyed, to cause one displeasure at a thing, to make indignant, to be displeased, indignant
Part of Speech
verb
KJV Translation Counts
offend(28x)
Related Words
G4625 | σκάνδαλον | offence, stumbling block, occasion of stumbling, occasion to fall, thing that offends