Strong's Lexicon
G4646
G4646 — σκολιός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4646 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σκολιός |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from the base of G4628 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | skolios |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | skol-ee-os' |
| Meaning: | 1. warped, i.e. winding 2. (figuratively) perverse |
| KJV Renderings: | crooked, froward, untoward |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκολιός, σκολιά, σκολιόν (opposed to ὀρθός, ὄρθιος, εὐθύς (cf. σκώληξ)), from Homer down, crooked, curved: properly, of a way (Pro 28:18), τά σκολιά, Luk 3:5 (opposed to ἡ εὐθεῖα namely, ὁδός, from Isa 40:4); metaphorically, perverse, wicked: ἡ γενεά ἡ σκολιά, Act 2:40; with διεστραμμένη added, Php 2:15 (clearly so Deu 32:5); unfair, surly, froward (opposed to ἀγαθός καί ἐπιεικής), 1Pe 2:18.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σκολιός (crooked)
Luke 3:5
- KJV: Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be brought low and the crooked shall be made straight and the rough ways made smooth
- GK: πάσα φάραγξ πληρωθήσεται και παν όρος και βουνός ταπεινωθήσεται και έσται τα σκολιά εις ευθείαν και αι τραχείαι εις οδούς λείας
Acts 2:40
- KJV: And with many other words did he testify and exhort saying Save yourselves from this untoward generation
- GK: ετέροις τε λόγοις πλείοσιν διεμαρτύρετο και παρεκάλει λέγων σώθητε από της γενεάς της σκολιάς ταύτης
Philippians 2:15
- KJV: That ye may be blameless and harmless the sons of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation among whom ye shine as lights in the world
- GK: ίνα γένησθε άμεμπτοι και ακέραιοι τέκνα θεού αμώμητα εν μέσω γενεάς σκολιάς και διεστραμμένης εν οις φαίνεσθε ως φωστήρες εν κόσμω
1 Peter 2:18
- KJV: Servants subject to masters with all fear not only to the good and gentle but also to the froward
- GK: οι οικέται υποτασσόμενοι εν παντί φόβω τοις δεσπόταις ου μόνον τοις αγαθοίς και επιεικέσιν αλλά και τοις σκολιοίς