Strong G4651σκορπίος
scorpion
- Transliteration
- skorpios
- Pronunciation
- skor-pee'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Probably from σκέρπω skerpō an obsolete word (perhaps strengthened from the base of G4649 and meaning to pierce); a scorpion (from its sting): - scorpion.
Detailed definition
σκορπίος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for עַקְרָב;]
a scorpion: Luk.10:19 11:12, Rev.9:3, 5 9:10 †
(AS)
[in LXX for עַקְרָב;]
a scorpion: Luk.10:19 11:12, Rev.9:3, 5 9:10 †
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4651 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- scorpion5
First verses
- Luke 10:19Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
- Luke 11:12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
- Revelation 9:3And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
- Revelation 9:5And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
- Revelation 9:10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
σκορπί-ος, ὁ,
scorpion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 169, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 290a, “Sammelb.” 1267.7 (1st c.AD), etc.)]; σ. ὁ χερσαῖος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((see. below 11) 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 555a23: proverbial, ὑπὸ παντὶ λίθῳ σκορπίον φυλάσσεο 5th c.BC: Praxilla Lyrica 4; ἐν παντὶ σ. φρουρεῖ λίθῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 37)]; also σκορπίον ὀκτώπουν ἐγείρεις 'let sleeping dogs lie', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; ὥσπερ ἔχις ἢ σ. ἠρκὼς τὸ κέντρον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.52.)]
II a sea-fish, probably Scorpaena scrofa, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 261.9, Diocl.fragment 135, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 508b17, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.977f)]; used (like the mugilis in Catull.15.19, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Juvenalis, D. Junius Poeta Latinus 10.317) to punish adulterers, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 173.21; uncertain meaning in LXX.1Ki.12.11.)]
III scorpion furze, Genista acanthoclada, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.1.3, 6.4.1.)]
III.2 scorpion root, Doronicum caucasicum, [Refs ([prev. work] 9.13.6.)]
III.3 ={θηλυφόνον}, [Refs ([prev. work] 9.18.2.)]
IV the constellation [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Scorpio”, 4th-3rd c.BC(?): Cleostratus Poeta Philosophus 1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 85, 4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus cited in 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.2.20, 3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus “Καταστερισμοί” 7.)]
V an engine of war for discharging arrows, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Belopoeica” 74.6, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marcellus” 15; σκορπίων σωλῆνες “IG” 22.1627.333.)]
VI a stone, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 500, compare 494.)]
scorpion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 169, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 290a, “Sammelb.” 1267.7 (1st c.AD), etc.)]; σ. ὁ χερσαῖος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((see. below 11) 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 555a23: proverbial, ὑπὸ παντὶ λίθῳ σκορπίον φυλάσσεο 5th c.BC: Praxilla Lyrica 4; ἐν παντὶ σ. φρουρεῖ λίθῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 37)]; also σκορπίον ὀκτώπουν ἐγείρεις 'let sleeping dogs lie', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; ὥσπερ ἔχις ἢ σ. ἠρκὼς τὸ κέντρον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.52.)]
II a sea-fish, probably Scorpaena scrofa, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 261.9, Diocl.fragment 135, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 508b17, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.977f)]; used (like the mugilis in Catull.15.19, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Juvenalis, D. Junius Poeta Latinus 10.317) to punish adulterers, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 173.21; uncertain meaning in LXX.1Ki.12.11.)]
III scorpion furze, Genista acanthoclada, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.1.3, 6.4.1.)]
III.2 scorpion root, Doronicum caucasicum, [Refs ([prev. work] 9.13.6.)]
III.3 ={θηλυφόνον}, [Refs ([prev. work] 9.18.2.)]
IV the constellation [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Scorpio”, 4th-3rd c.BC(?): Cleostratus Poeta Philosophus 1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 85, 4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus cited in 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.2.20, 3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus “Καταστερισμοί” 7.)]
V an engine of war for discharging arrows, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Belopoeica” 74.6, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marcellus” 15; σκορπίων σωλῆνες “IG” 22.1627.333.)]
VI a stone, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 500, compare 494.)]