GreekG4647Noun (Masculine)
σκόλοψ
skolops
“thorn”
1Occurrences
G4647Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
withered at the front, i.e. a point or prickle (figuratively, a bodily annoyance or disability)
perhaps from the base of G4628 (σκέλος) and G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
anything pointed, esp.
1.in cl., a stake
2.In Hellenistic vernacular, a thorn
LXX: (שֵׂךְ), (8) (סִיר), (סִלּוֹן), *
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
G:N-M
Full Description
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
σκόλοψ appears 1 time in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
2 Corinthians
1
Key Passages
2 Corinthians 12:7BSB
or because of these surpassingly great revelations.So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
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