Strong G4349προσκοπή

stumbling

Transliteration
proskopē
Pronunciation
pros-kop-ay'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G4350; a stumbling that is (figuratively and concretely) occasion of sin: - offence.

Detailed definition

προσκοπή, -ῆς, ή
(προσκόπτω), [in Gr. Ven.: Pro.16:18 (כִּשָּׁלוֹן) *;]
an occasion of stumbling, offence: 2Co.6:3.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4349 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • offence1

First verses

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:3
    Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
προσ-κοπή, ἡ,
= πρόσκομμα,
B offence taken, φθόνος καὶ π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.7.8; π. καὶ μύσος [prev. author] 30.29.7)]; πρός τινα ἀλλοτριότης καὶ π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] 31.10.4, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Po.Herc.” 994.38, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 31.17)]; νοσήματα κατὰ προσκοπὴν γινόμενα, i.e. antipathies, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.102; προσκοπῆς ἄξιος 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.195: but μηδεμίαν π. διδόναι)] give no cause of offence, [NT (NT.2Cor.6.3.)]