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) &#8212 (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