Greek noun (masculine) · G4651
σκορπίος
skorpiosskor-pee'-os
scorpion
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: skorpíos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4651is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4651
a "scorpion" (from its sting)
The King James renders it: scorpion.
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
skorpios is rendered "scorpion". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Three of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 10:19Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
Luke 10:19σκορπίων
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's five uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- scorpions2
- a scorpion1
- as scorpions1
- of a scorpion1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| σκορπίζω | skorpizo | to scatter | Uses5 |
All 5, 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
- σκορπίοι1
- σκορπίοις1
- σκορπίον1
- σκορπίου1
- σκορπίων1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1N-ASM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1N-DPM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1N-GPM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1N-GSM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1N-NPM
Luke
two uses
Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
- σκορπίωνskorpionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: scorpions
Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
- σκορπίονskorpionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a scorpion
Revelation
three uses
And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
- σκορπίοιskorpioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: scorpions
The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.
- σκορπίουskorpiounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of a scorpion
They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
- σκορπίοιςskorpioisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: as scorpions
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.