Greek noun (neuter) · G4348
πρόσκομμα
proskommapros'-kom-mah
stumbling block
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: próskomma
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4348is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4348
a stub, i.e. (figuratively) occasion of apostasy
The King James renders it: offence, stumbling(-block, (-stone)).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
proskomma is rendered "stumbling block". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Four of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 9:32Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
Romans 9:32προσκόμματος
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's six uses are in Romans.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- of stumbling3
- a stumbling block1
- an occasion of stumbling1
- stumbling block1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| προσέρχομαι | proserchomai | to come near/agree | Uses86 |
| προσεύχομαι | proseuchomai | to pray | Uses85 |
| πρόσωπον | prosopon | face | Uses75 |
| προσκυνέω | proskyneo | to worship | Uses60 |
| προσφέρω | prosphero | to bring to | Uses47 |
| προσευχή | proseuche | prayer | Uses35 |
| προσκαλέομαι | proskaleomai | to call to/summon | Uses28 |
| προσέχω | prosecho | to watch out | Uses24 |
| προστίθημι | prostithemi | to add (to) | Uses18 |
| προσδοκάω | prosdokao | to look for | Uses16 |
| προσδέχομαι | prosdechomai | to wait for/welcome | Uses14 |
| προσλαμβάνω | proslambano | to take | Uses12 |
and 56 more on the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- προσκόμματος4
- πρόσκομμα2
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular4N-GSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1N-ASN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1N-NSN
Romans
four uses
Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
- προσκόμματοςproskommatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of stumbling
as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- προσκόμματοςproskommatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of stumbling
Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
- πρόσκομμαproskommanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: stumbling block
Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
- προσκόμματοςproskommatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: a stumbling block
1 Corinthians
one use
Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
- πρόσκομμαproskommanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: an occasion of stumbling
1 Peter
one use
and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
- προσκόμματοςproskommatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of stumbling
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.