Strong's Lexicon
G4647 — σκόλοψ
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4647 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σκόλοψ |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | perhaps from the base of G4628 and G3700 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | skolops |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | skol'-ops |
| Meaning: | 1. a thorn, a point or prickle 2. (figuratively) a bodily annoyance or disability |
| KJV Renderings: | thorn |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκόλοψ, σκολοπος, ὁ, from Homer down, a pointed piece of wood, a pale, a stake: ἐδόθη μοι σκόλοψ τῇ σαρκί, a sharp stake (others say splinter, A. V. thorn; cf. Num 33:55; Eze 28:24; Hos 2:6 (8); Babrius fab. 122, 1. 10; others (Sir 43:19)), to pierce my flesh, appears to indicate some constant bodily ailment or infirmity, which, even when Paul had been caught up in a trance to the third heaven, sternly admonished him that he still dwelt in a frail and mortal body, 2Co 12:7 (cf. 2Co 12:1-4); (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 10 N. 3; Buttmann, § 133, 27. On Paul’s thorn in the flesh see Farrar, St. Paul, i. 652ff (Excursus x.); Lightfoot’s Commentary on Galatians, p. 186ff; Schaff in his ’Popular Commentary’ on Galatians, p. 331f.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σκόλοψ (thorn)
2 Corinthians 12:7
- KJV: And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations there was given to me a thorn in the flesh the messenger of Satan to buffet me lest I should be exalted above measure
- GK: και τη υπερβολή των αποκαλύψεων ίνα μη υπεραίρωμαι εδόθη μοι σκόλοψ τη σαρκί άγγελος σατάν ίνα με κολαφίζη ίνα μη υπεραίρωμαι