Greek noun (neuter) · G4625
σκάνδαλον
skandalonskan'-dal-on
stumbling block
15 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: skándalon
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4625is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4625
a trap-stick, i.e. snare
The King James renders it: occasion to fall (of stumbling), offence, thing that offends, stumblingblock.
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
skandalon is rendered "stumbling block". It stands 15 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Five of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 13:41The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
Matthew 13:41σκάνδαλα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's fifteen uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a stumbling block3
- causes of sin2
- of offense2
- offense2
- stumbling blocks2
- a snare1
- cause for stumbling1
- obstacles1
- snare1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| σκανδαλίζω | skandalizo | to cause to stumble | Uses29 |
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- σκάνδαλον7
- σκάνδαλα4
- σκανδάλου2
- σκάνδαλον.¶1
- σκανδάλων1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural4N-APN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular4N-ASN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular4N-NSN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular2N-GSN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural1N-GPN
Matthew
five uses
The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
- σκάνδαλαskandalanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: causes of sin
But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
- σκάνδαλονskandalonnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: A stumbling block
Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
- σκανδάλωνskandalonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: causes of sin
- σκάνδαλαskandalanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: stumbling blocks
- σκάνδαλονskandalonnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: offense
Luke
one use
Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
- σκάνδαλαskandalanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: stumbling blocks
Romans
four uses
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.”
- σκανδάλουskandalounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of offense
And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
- σκάνδαλονskandalonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a stumbling block
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.
- σκάνδαλον.¶skandalonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: snare
Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
- σκάνδαλαskandalanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: obstacles
1 Corinthians
one use
but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
- σκάνδαλονskandalonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a stumbling block
Galatians
one use
Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
- σκάνδαλονskandalonnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: offense
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.
- σκανδάλουskandalounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of offense
1 John
one use
Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.
- σκάνδαλονskandalonnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: cause for stumbling
Revelation
one use
But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
- σκάνδαλονskandalonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a snare
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.