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GreekG4646Adjective

σκολιός

skolios

4Occurrences
G4646Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

warped, i.e. winding; figuratively, perverse

from the base of G4628 (σκέλος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
curved, bent, winding (opposite to ὀρθός, εὐθύς): (LXX). Metaphorical, crooked, perverse, unjust.
LXX: (עִקֵּשׁ), (σ. ὁδοῖς πορεύεσθαι, for: דֶּרֶךְ עָקַשׁ), (עָקֹב), etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

σκολιός appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Peter
1
Acts
1
Luke
1
Philippians
1

Key Passages

1 Peter 2:18BSB

Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.

Acts 2:40BSB

With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”

Luke 3:5BSB

Every valley shall be filled in,and every mountain and hill made low.The crooked ways shall be made straight,and the rough ways smooth.

Philippians 2:15BSB

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.