Greek verb · G4350
προσκόπτω
proskoptopros-kop'-to
trans., to strike (e.g. hand or foot) against; Intrans.
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: proskóptō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4350is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4350
to strike at, i.e. surge against (as water); specially, to stub on, i.e. trip up (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: beat upon, dash, stumble (at).
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
proskopto is rendered "trans., to strike (e.g. hand or foot) against; Intrans.". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "trans., to strike (e.g. hand or foot) against".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:6“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
Matthew 4:6προσκόψῃς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: trans., to strike (e.g. hand or foot) against, and Intrans..
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| trans., to strike (e.g. hand or foot) againstwith accusative before πρός, figuratively, Mat.4:6, Luk.4:11, (LXX) | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 4:6“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down… |
| Intrans.to stumble | Tagged as
| WhereProverbs 3:23Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble. |
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 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- προσκόπτει3
- προσέκοψαν2
- προσκόψῃς2
- προσκόπτουσιν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-PAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular2V-AAS-2S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
Matthew
two uses
“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
- προσκόψῃςproskopsesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: You may strike
The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”
- προσέκοψανprosekopsanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: beat
Luke
one use
and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
- προσκόψῃςproskopsesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: You may strike
John
two uses
Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
- προσκόπτειproskopteiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he stumbles
But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”
- προσκόπτειproskopteiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he stumbles
Romans
two uses
Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
- προσέκοψανprosekopsanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They stumbled
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
- προσκόπτειproskopteiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: stumbles
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.
- προσκόπτουσινproskoptousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: stumble at
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.