Strong G4646σκολιός
crooked
- Transliteration
- skolios
- Pronunciation
- skol-ee-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From the base of G4628; warped that is winding; figuratively perverse: - crooked froward untoward.
Detailed definition
σκολιός, -ά, -όν
[in LXX: Deu.32:5 (עִקֵּשׁ), Pro.28:18 (σ. ὁδοῖς πορεύεσθαι, for: דֶּרֶךְ עָקַשׁ), Isa.40:4 (עָקֹב), etc.;]
curved, bent, winding (opposite to ὀρθός, εὐθύς): Luk.3:5 (LXX). Metaphorical, crooked, perverse, unjust: Act.2:40, Php.2:15, 1Pe.2:18.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Deu.32:5 (עִקֵּשׁ), Pro.28:18 (σ. ὁδοῖς πορεύεσθαι, for: דֶּרֶךְ עָקַשׁ), Isa.40:4 (עָקֹב), etc.;]
curved, bent, winding (opposite to ὀρθός, εὐθύς): Luk.3:5 (LXX). Metaphorical, crooked, perverse, unjust: Act.2:40, Php.2:15, 1Pe.2:18.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4646 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- crook1
- crooked1
- froward1
- untoward1
First verses
- Luke 3:5Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
- Acts 2:40And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
- Philippians 2:15That 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;
- 1 Peter 2:18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
σκολιός, ά, όν,
curved, bent (opposed to ὀρθός, εὐθύς), σ. σίδηρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86; σ. σκίπωνι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 65 (_anapaest meter_))]; of rivers and paths, winding, ποταμός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.185, compare 2.29; Μαίανδρος σ. εἰς ὑπερβολήν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 12.8.15)]; οἶμος, ἀτραπός, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1541, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 478, etc.; ῥηγμῖνες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 367b14; λαβύρινθος 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 311; πλέγμα ἕλικος “Anthologia Graeca” 7.24 (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus); πλοκαμῖδες 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 14.182)]; twisted, tangled, βάτος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.315 (4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus or 3rd c.BC: Rhianus Epicus), compare 11.33 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]; ἐς τὸ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 37.)]
2 bent sideways, δουλείη κεφαλή, σκολιή [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 536; γένυες 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 203)]; ἵππος σ. crooked made or going askew, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 253d.)]
II metaphorically, crooked, i.e. unjust, unrighteous, θέμιστες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.387)]; μῦθοι, δίκαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 194, 221)]; αἰ σκολιὰν (i.e. ῥήτραν) ὁ δᾶμος ἕλοιτο, Spartan law cited in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 6; λόγος 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1147; ἀπάται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 213; πατέων ὁδοῖς σκολιαῖς [prev. author] “P.” 2.85)]; riddling, obscure, ῥημάτια [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Bis Acc.” 16; τὸ σ. τῆς εἰσόδου (into true science) 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 250.23: rarely of men, ἰθύνει σκολιόν)] makes the crooked one straight, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 7; σ. καὶ φοβερός 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.551f: with Verbs, σκολιὰ φρονεῖν, opposed to εὐθὺς ἔμμεν, “Scol.” 16; σ. πράττειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173a)]; τυφλὰ καὶ σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 506c, compare “Grg.” 525a)]; σκολιά, τά, indirect methods, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 13.39.2)]. adverb σκολιῶς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 258, 262; σ. ἔχοντος τοῦ χρησμοῦ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.91; εἰς πλάγια καὶ σκολιά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 194b.)]
III σκολιόν, τό, intestine, σπλάγχανα καὶ νεφρὸν καὶ σκολιόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1002.5 (Milet., 5th-4th c.BC),compare “Schwyzer” 721.23 (Mycale, 4th c.BC), +others)]
curved, bent (opposed to ὀρθός, εὐθύς), σ. σίδηρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86; σ. σκίπωνι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 65 (_anapaest meter_))]; of rivers and paths, winding, ποταμός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.185, compare 2.29; Μαίανδρος σ. εἰς ὑπερβολήν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 12.8.15)]; οἶμος, ἀτραπός, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1541, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 478, etc.; ῥηγμῖνες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 367b14; λαβύρινθος 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 311; πλέγμα ἕλικος “Anthologia Graeca” 7.24 (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus); πλοκαμῖδες 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 14.182)]; twisted, tangled, βάτος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.315 (4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus or 3rd c.BC: Rhianus Epicus), compare 11.33 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]; ἐς τὸ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 37.)]
2 bent sideways, δουλείη κεφαλή, σκολιή [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 536; γένυες 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 203)]; ἵππος σ. crooked made or going askew, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 253d.)]
II metaphorically, crooked, i.e. unjust, unrighteous, θέμιστες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.387)]; μῦθοι, δίκαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 194, 221)]; αἰ σκολιὰν (i.e. ῥήτραν) ὁ δᾶμος ἕλοιτο, Spartan law cited in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 6; λόγος 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1147; ἀπάται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 213; πατέων ὁδοῖς σκολιαῖς [prev. author] “P.” 2.85)]; riddling, obscure, ῥημάτια [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Bis Acc.” 16; τὸ σ. τῆς εἰσόδου (into true science) 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 250.23: rarely of men, ἰθύνει σκολιόν)] makes the crooked one straight, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 7; σ. καὶ φοβερός 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.551f: with Verbs, σκολιὰ φρονεῖν, opposed to εὐθὺς ἔμμεν, “Scol.” 16; σ. πράττειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173a)]; τυφλὰ καὶ σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 506c, compare “Grg.” 525a)]; σκολιά, τά, indirect methods, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 13.39.2)]. adverb σκολιῶς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 258, 262; σ. ἔχοντος τοῦ χρησμοῦ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.91; εἰς πλάγια καὶ σκολιά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 194b.)]
III σκολιόν, τό, intestine, σπλάγχανα καὶ νεφρὸν καὶ σκολιόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1002.5 (Milet., 5th-4th c.BC),compare “Schwyzer” 721.23 (Mycale, 4th c.BC), +others)]