Strong G4350προσκόπτω
to strike
- Transliteration
- proskoptō
- Pronunciation
- pros-kop'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προσ-κόπτω
[in LXX for נָגַף, כָּשַׁל ni., etc.;]
1. trans., to strike (e.g. hand or foot) against: with accusative before πρός, figuratively, Mat.4:6, Luk.4:11, (LXX)
2. Intrans., to stumble: absol. (Tob.11:9, Pro.3:23), Jhn.11:9-10; of wind, to rush against, beat upon: with dative, Mat.7:27. Metaphorical, in late writers,
__(a) to offend (Polyb.);
__(b) to take offence at, stumble at: before ἐν, Rom.14:21; with dative, τ. λόγῳ, 1Pe.2:8; τ. λίθῳ τ. προσκόμματος, Rom.9:32.†
(AS)
[in LXX for נָגַף, כָּשַׁל ni., etc.;]
1. trans., to strike (e.g. hand or foot) against: with accusative before πρός, figuratively, Mat.4:6, Luk.4:11, (LXX)
2. Intrans., to stumble: absol. (Tob.11:9, Pro.3:23), Jhn.11:9-10; of wind, to rush against, beat upon: with dative, Mat.7:27. Metaphorical, in late writers,
__(a) to offend (Polyb.);
__(b) to take offence at, stumble at: before ἐν, Rom.14:21; with dative, τ. λόγῳ, 1Pe.2:8; τ. λίθῳ τ. προσκόμματος, Rom.9:32.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4350 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- stumbleth3
- dash2
- stumble2
- beat1
First verses
- Matthew 4:6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
- Matthew 7:27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
- Luke 4:11And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
- John 11:9Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
- John 11:10But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
- Romans 9:32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
- Romans 14:21It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
- 1 Peter 2:8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
προσκόπτω,
strike one thing against another, πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Psa.90(91).12; π. τὸν δάκτυλόν που 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 275 (lyr).)]
b intransitive, stumble or strike against, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 7.6, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 81, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 882b18, “GC” 326a27, etc.)]; π. τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ (i.e. ῥίζῃ κυάμου) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.8.8)]; of liquid, to be checked by striking against, with dative, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 9)]; πνεῦμα προσκόπτον broken, interrupted breathing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.68.)]
2 π. τῷ ἄξονι encounter friction at.. , [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 852a32.)]
II metaphorically, ={προσκρούω} [Refs (111,)]offend, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 36; τοῖς πολλοῖς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.49.5)]; οὐ μόνον δυσαρεστήσειν ἀλλὰ καὶ προσκόπτειν ἔμελλε προφανῶς, of an open breach, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.5.6.)]
II.2 take offence at, ἵνα μή μοι προσκόψῃς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 463.11 (3rd c.BC))]; τῇ βαρύτητί τινος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.31.7, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Carneiscus Philosophus “Herc.” 1027.14; θεοὺς -κόψαντάς τισι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.59)]; of things, π. τῷ ζῆν to be disgusted with life, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.61:)] —passive, δῆμος π. αὐτῷ διά τι being offended with him, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 2.27, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 30, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 9.3.)]
strike one thing against another, πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Psa.90(91).12; π. τὸν δάκτυλόν που 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 275 (lyr).)]
b intransitive, stumble or strike against, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 7.6, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 81, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 882b18, “GC” 326a27, etc.)]; π. τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ (i.e. ῥίζῃ κυάμου) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.8.8)]; of liquid, to be checked by striking against, with dative, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 9)]; πνεῦμα προσκόπτον broken, interrupted breathing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.68.)]
2 π. τῷ ἄξονι encounter friction at.. , [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 852a32.)]
II metaphorically, ={προσκρούω} [Refs (111,)]offend, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 36; τοῖς πολλοῖς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.49.5)]; οὐ μόνον δυσαρεστήσειν ἀλλὰ καὶ προσκόπτειν ἔμελλε προφανῶς, of an open breach, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.5.6.)]
II.2 take offence at, ἵνα μή μοι προσκόψῃς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 463.11 (3rd c.BC))]; τῇ βαρύτητί τινος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.31.7, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Carneiscus Philosophus “Herc.” 1027.14; θεοὺς -κόψαντάς τισι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.59)]; of things, π. τῷ ζῆν to be disgusted with life, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.61:)] —passive, δῆμος π. αὐτῷ διά τι being offended with him, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 2.27, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 30, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 9.3.)]